The draconian coronavirus containment measures adopted by Australia’s government mean that we now expect GDP to fall by 2% this year. The Australian government is likely to respond with a larger fiscal stimulus package than the one announced last week while the RBA is set to launch quantitative easing tomorrow and provide large amounts of liquidity.
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