We believe that the downturn in the housing market will have a larger negative impact on the economy than most believe and have lowered our GDP forecast for 2019 to 1.5%. The upshot is that the labour market should start to slacken soon, forcing the RBA to cut interest rates earlier than we had anticipated.
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