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Recession in Australia is now very likely

New comprehensive restrictions on travel mean that both Australia and New Zealand are headed for recession. We expect the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to follow up today’s emergency 75bp rate cut with quantitative easing before long. And the Reserve Bank of Australia will probably cut interest rates to 0.25% and launch quantitative easing on Thursday.

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