Opinion

There's too much emphasis on economic growth

By John Hewson
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:41am, first published June 6 2019 - 7:00pm
Too much emphasis on economic growth
Too much emphasis on economic growth

The focus of debate this week has again been on economic growth, with the release of the national accounts numbers for the March quarter. Measured GDP growth was a weak 0.4 per cent for the quarter, and just 1.8 per cent for the year to the March quarter, the weakest annual growth figure since the Global Financial Crisis.

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