1997-98 Economic Survey. 200,000 new jobs tipped

Tim Colebatch: Market economists have largely endorsed the Federal Government's forecasts of a strong economic recovery in the new financial year, predicting that jobs and output will take off in the 12 months to June. The Age half-yearly survey of economists found that on average they expected Australia's gross domestic product to grow...

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1997 Economic Survey. Economists tip glum half-year

Paul Chamberlin: A rapid relaxation of monetary policy in the second half of 1996 has not been enough to brighten the economic hopes of Australia's leading forecasters, who see growth continuing to fall and little improvement in unemployment. Six months of indifferent economic performance will be followed by a similar span in 1997, according...

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