Economics Weekly: Deep dive in June quarter GDP

CommBank Global Economic & Markets Update podcast

This week Belinda Allen and Stephen Wu deep dive in the June quarter GDP data. A soft result overall with growth of just 0.2% for the quarter and just 1% for the year. Weak consumption, strong public demand are discussed as well as the latest on household incomes, savings and productivity growth. A quiet week ahead locally with survey data out and also the CommBank Household Spending Insights data for August.

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