RBA Head of Economic Analysis Department Alexandra Heath said in a speech today that recent data have been positive. She pointed to picked up in growth to 3% over the year to March quarter. And, the central forecasts is for growth to be at or above 3% over 2018 and 2019. With that, there will be a “further gradual reduction” in spare capacity and a “gradual increase in wage and inflationary pressures”.
The improvement came as the drag from falling mining investments has diminished. According to Heath, such negative effect form mining will also be done by early next year. Public sector also played a part in the contribution. There was also significant increase in non-mining investment. And, Heath added that “we are now more confident about a sustainable pick-up in non-mining business investment.”
