BCEC Quarterly Economic Commentary – March 2019

This Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analyses the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA, as at Q1 2019. This quarter we see that falling private sector investment is dragging the WA economy into negative growth territory. The decline in SFD (trend) in the quart...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Duncan, Alan, Kiely, Daniel, Salazar, Silvia
Format: Report
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://bcec.edu.au/publications/bcec-quarterly-economic-commentary-march-2019/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77013
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Summary:This Western Australia Quarterly Economic Commentary analyses the most recent data on economic and social indicators for WA, as at Q1 2019. This quarter we see that falling private sector investment is dragging the WA economy into negative growth territory. The decline in SFD (trend) in the quarter to December 2018 of 0.1% would be worse if not for the protection currently provided by growth in public consumption expenditure and public investment.