So Australia has an economic crisis - then heaven help the rest of the world
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The madness being spoken by Joe Hockey about the state of the Australian economy is well and truly exposed tonight by the OECD in its May Economic outlook, analysis and forecasts. Here’s the summary of what the Organisation expects to come:
Output is projected to increase by 2½ per cent in 2014 and by nearly 3% in 2015, with a general pick-up in demand offsetting declining investment in the resource sector. Some economic slack will remain and the unemployment rate will not begin to edge down until the second half of 2015. As a result, there will be little inflation pressure, although rapid growth in house prices and mortgage lending requires continued close attention.Given near-term uncertainties in the rebalancing of the economy away from investment in the natural resource sector, heavy front loading of fiscal consolidation should be avoided. Against the backdrop of the projected recovery, monetary stimulus should start to be withdrawn in the first half of 2015.
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