The slow death of Australian manufacturing

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By Leith van Onselen

It has been well documented on this site that Australia’s manufacturing sector is dying a slow death.

According to the annual national accounts, released last month, Australian manufacturing investment fell to the lowest level in history in the year to June 2015 at just 1.0% of GDP, with the real dollar value of investment also at 12-year lows (see next chart).

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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.