Analysis

Australian economy stuck in 'slow mode' as reforms stagnate

The Morrison government will need to consider politically difficult reforms if it wants to lift growth.

John KehoeEconomics editor

Dec 7, 2019 – 12.00am

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The soft economic figures published this week, underlined by weak consumer spending and declining business investment, leave the Morrison government facing a big conundrum heading into the Christmas break.

The government is presiding over an economy that is limping along.

John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury.