African countries face unfair trade rules, delayed decisions and weak support, leaving them exporting raw goods and losing out economically.
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The budget is full of forecasts about where the economy is going, but other indicators are often more helpful.
Australia’s economic indicators are showing worrying signs, with business confidence falling in the face of continued low interest rates.
Low inflation gives the RBA scope to cut rates in coming months but a lot will turn on whether we continue to see persistently weak GDP growth.
Volatility is not going away any time soon, and if the US Fed decision plays the wrong way on the Australian dollar, our central bank could soon be back in the jawboning business.
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