Thursday, March 5, 2020

Reserve Bank warns coronaviris hit puts economy on recession alert, deputy governor Guy Debelle in sombre parliamentary appearance

The Reserve Bank predicts the coronavirus will carve 0.5 percentage points from the economy taking Australia into recession territory after 29 years of unbroken growth. 

Deputy governor Guy Debelle warns the hit to tourism and tertiary education on their own will damage economic growth. 

The International Monetary Fund is the latest global authority to act and will provide U$50 billion in grants and emergency funding. 

ABC's Peter Ryan analyses the latest developments

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