Australia isn't in recession – but we might as well be | Greg Jericho

Boasting about avoiding technical recession for 26 years rings pretty hollow when growth is so persistently anaemic

The latest GDP figures released yesterday reveal the Australian economy continues to be stuck in the post-GFC malaise of low economic growth , and where government spending and population increases are keeping the economy growing but household living standards remain stagnant.

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