Australia

Westpac is forecasting the economy will grow at the slowest annual pace (outside of COVID) since the early 1990s recession.

The two things set to force interest rates up even higher

Australia’s economy is tipped to suffer the worst slowdown since 2020, when GDP plunged by 1.1 per cent over a year that included COVID lockdowns that sparked the first recession in 29 years.

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