WA economy simultaneously booms and busts

Thursday 7 June 2018

Yesterday’s national accounts for the March quarter revealed a strange set of numbers for the Western Australian economy.

While Australia’s GDP grew strongly on the back of a big lift in net exports:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.