We estimate that a lockdown that would limit activity to “essential services” could knock off as much as 30-40% from Australia’s GDP for as long as it lasts. A lockdown is imminent and our best guess is that it will last for around two months. The upshot is that we now expect GDP to fall by 30% in Q2.
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