Australia's central bank cuts GDP outlook as virus returns to Melbourne

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Australia's central bank downgraded its outlook for the national economy on Friday and warned unemployment would stay high for several years as a second wave of coronavirus infections sent the city of Melbourne back into an extended lockdown.

SYDNEY - Australia’s central bank downgraded its outlook for the national economy on Friday and warned unemployment would stay high for several years as a second wave of coronavirus infections sent the city of Melbourne back into an extended lockdown.

The Reserve Bank of Australia expects annual gross domestic product to contract by 6% this year and then slowly recover over the next couple of years. “This is not exactly a lesson for our earlier forecasts, but it does show how quickly things can change in a pandemic.”

 

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