Business indicators mixed for GDP

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Just in from the ABS:

Company profits beat expectations, whereas wages & salaries also rose. Inventories also rose a little, whereas sales of goods and services fell.

I doubt there’s much here to ‘move the needle’ on Wednesday’s GDP figures for Q4.

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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.