BIS Shrapnel bull turns bear

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By Leith van Onselen

BIS Shrapnel has predicted tough times ahead for the Australian economy, forecasting that domestic consumption and investment expenditure will experience its weakest four-year run since the early-1990s recession, averaging just 2% per annum to 2017-18. From Ferret:

Richard Robinson, senior economist at BIS Shrapnel warns that employment growth will be soft with only 668,000 jobs created over the next four years.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.