Australians are spending hard, despite real wages falling. It’s a fragile situation | Greg Jericho

The GDP recovery looks strong, but it’s largely driven by households dipping into savings. Meanwhile, company profits are exploding

I’m not sure any GDP figures have better demonstrated my maxim “you can’t eat GDP” than the June quarter numbers released on Wednesday.

On the surface the 0.9% quarterly growth and 3.6% annual growth is very strong.

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