A FinSec View – GDP, Liquidity Risk, Retirees & More…
15th March 2024 Glass half-full approach as we see some silver linings When Treasurer Jim Chalmers took to the media lectern to welcome December quarter GDP figures showing the very slimmest of growth (0.2 per cent), he embodied the true definition of a “glass half-full” kind of person. “Even weak growth is welcome growth in the circumstances,” Treasurer Chalmers said, as annual growth slumped to just 1.5 per cent, the lowest rate of growth since the dot com crash [...]