Economics

December 9, 2016

Kohler’s Charts – Key Takeaways From The GDP Read

By Alan Kohler | More Articles by Alan Kohler

A couple of key points from this week’s national Accounts, which showed the first contraction in GDP since 2011.

First: NATIONAL INCOME IS NOW GROWING IN LINE WITH GDP
(which is something I guess)

and…

QUEENSLAND IS IN RECOVERY, BUT WA IS STILL IN EMERGENCY

Negative GDP was a shock, that’s for sure, but everyone agrees we’re not in recession – not yet anyway.

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As well as being the founder of The Constant Investor, Alan is currently business editor at large of The Australian, finance presenter on ABC news, presenter of the Talking Business channel on Qantas inflight radio and adjunct professor in the business faculty of Victoria University.

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