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We can and should keep unemployment below 4%, says our survey of top economists

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Australia’s leading economists believe Australia can sustain an unemployment rate as low as 3.75% – much lower than the latest Reserve Bank estimate of 4.25% and the Treasury’s latest estimate of 4.5%.

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