Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 17-Nov-15
The Australian economy’s trend growth rate has traditionally been regarded as 3.25 per cent. Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens and Treasury secretary John Fraser have both recently warned that the nation’s "potential" growth rate could slow in coming years. Economic modelling by PwC has concluded that a trend rate of three per cent would result in Budget revenue being around $A5bn lower than expected each year.
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