RBA facing up to reality

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s apparent downward revision to its previously published 3.0% GDP growth forecast for 2018 shows once again that the RBA has been too hopeful. We suspect it will also ultimately conclude that growth in 2019 won’t be as strong as its current forecast of 3.25%.

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