Business Investment In Australia Now Lower Than Under Whitlam

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Business investment in Australia is 12.2% of GDP and is forecast to fall to a record low nine per cent of GDP by 2020, according to Macquarie Research. During the Whitlam era of economic crisis business investment averaged 13.7% of GDP.

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Daniel Wild

Daniel Wild is a Deputy Executive Director at the Institute of Public Affairs
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