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Sluggish but still growing: how 2019 looked for the economy

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe Source: AAP

Australia's economy continued its 29-year run of uninterrupted economic expansion in 2019 but that growth has slowed to a decade-long low.



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