In today’s podcast, NAB Group Chief Economist Alan Oster discusses the following:

• Victorian transmissions continue to climb, although the scale of the problem here is still small compared to countries like the US or Brazil. There is a mass testing blitz which will hopefully allow for virus containment here.
• The IMF recently revised up its growth forecasts for Australia – good news in a tough environment. Local data has been mixed, with consumption surprising on the upside but unemployment on the downside.
• The NAB Monthly Business Survey is currently in the field and the June results should give us a good idea of the state of play in the Australian business sector.

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