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RBA gets GDP growth wrong, but says it will pick up

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"Over recent times, our economy has been going through a soft patch," Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe said last week.

He was referring to the latest national accounts figures, which showed GDP expanded by a paltry 1.4 per cent over the year to June - the weakest annual pace in around a decade.

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