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The root cause of Australia’s productivity collapse
May 6, 2025 · “The slow growth in labour productivity over recent years has reflected slow growth in both MFP and the amount of capital available to each worker”, Plumb said. “Slow growth in …
High migration pressures housing market - MacroBusiness
2 days ago · The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on permanent and long-term arrivals for the month of April. There were 1,119,910 permanent and long-term arrivals in the …
Has the Australian economy just cracked? - MacroBusiness
Jun 10, 2025 · Australia’s aggregate GDP grew by only 0.2% in Q1 2025, less than half the 0.45% growth tipped by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in its latest Statement of Monetary Policy.
Australian Economy - MacroBusiness
The “miracle” Australian economy (with its famous run of 24 years without a recession) is an amalgam of pre-modern and post-modern industries with very little in between. Most …
Australian inflation dives - MacroBusiness
6 days ago · The official Q1 CPI inflation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the policy-important trimmed mean inflation rate fell to 2.9% year over year, …
Australia is living in housing fantasy land - MacroBusiness
1 hour ago · The past month has exposed the fallacy of the Albanese government’s target to build 1.2 million homes over five years, which commenced on 1 July 2024. The federal …
Why Australian manufacturing has no future - MacroBusiness
9 hours ago · Australia’s manufacturing sector hit a record low share of GDP in the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) national accounts. In Q1 2025, the manufacturing share …
Australia's economy continues to deteriorate - MacroBusiness
This month’s national accounts release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that growth in real GDP and per capita GDP plunged to their lowest level since the early 1990s …
Australia's "worst ever" hidden recession - MacroBusiness
Nov 26, 2024 · Australia’s economic growth is a mirage, powered by unprecedented immigration volumes and record public spending. While the overall economy has expanded modestly, per …