Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia’s three-decade run of near continuous economic growth is set to end, with treasury warning of a hit to growth of “at least” 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, potentially followed by a “prolonged downturn”.
If it came to pass, treasury’s preliminary assessment would most likely mean economic growth...
