Brexit to juice population ponzi?

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By Leith van Onselen

Macquarie Bank has released research suggesting that Australia’s population growth will get a boost from Brexit, thanks to less Aussies traveling abroad and more returning home from the UK. From Bloomberg:

Britain’s vote to quit the European Union could add as much as 0.5 percentage point to the annual increase in people living Down Under over the next two 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.