Fine and Dandy with the Australian Economy?

Catherine Birch, Senior Economist, ANZ Research

07-Mar-22 07:30

Fine and Dandy with the Australian Economy?

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The Australian economy rebounded strongly in the last quarter of 2021 with an expansion of 3.4% of GDP, but will the coming months turn cloudy for this lucky country with geopolitical risks from the Russia Ukraine crisis and severe floods affecting parts of Australia? Catherine Birch, Senior Economist of ANZ Research tells us more. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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Categories: social issues, trends and forecasts, markets

Tags: australian gdp, australia floods, Sydney floods, australia, australian economy, geopolitical risk, Russia-Ukraine conflict, sydney,

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