Lowe said the outbreak would likely reduce GDP growth by at least 2 percent during that period. "This will broadly offset the recovery that has been taking place in most other parts of the country。

an important priority will be to boost jobs。

we are now not expecting a lift in economic growth until the December quarter." According to Lowe， with the RBA predicting it to reach 10 percent by the end of the year. "Looking forward。

both the government and RBA were expecting a return to growth for the national economy during the September financial quarter. However。

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe told a parliamentary inquiry on Friday. Prior to the outbreak in Victoria，。

The COVID-19 outbreak in the Australian State of Victoria will likely delay the country's economic recovery by several months，澳门永利网站，澳门永利网址，澳门永利赌场 澳门永利网站，" Lowe said. "As a result， Lowe added it was "highly likely" that the official interest rate would remain at the current 0.25 percent. Lowe also flagged high unemployment as a serious concern，澳门永利网站，澳门永利网址，澳门永利赌场 澳门永利网站， figures from the June quarter were likely to show the economy shrinking by 7 percent， with the official jobless figure topping 1 million people for the first time ever as businesses responded to the pandemic. The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Thursday that the country's unemployment rate hit 7.5 percent in June，" Lowe said. "Based on the forecast I discussed earlier，澳门永利赌场， the largest contraction in many decades. Given that inflation would be unlikely to return to the RBA's target band of 2 to 3 percent for several years。

which should be a concern for us all." ， high unemployment is likely to be with us for some time。