The latest evidence suggests that the Australian economy entered a soft patch in the first half of the year, with the quarterly rate of GDP growth perhaps averaging only 0.3%. As some of this weakness is due to the severe weather, growth will be stronger in the second half of the year. Even so, it looks as though the performance of the economy over 2017 as a whole will be pretty underwhelming.
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