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Don't read too much into business confidence surveys, economist says

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Brent Edwards
Fri, 29 Jun 2018

BERL’s chief economist, Ganesh Nana, reckons not too much should be read into surveys showing businesses are more gloomy than upbeat.

The latest ANZ business outlook survey recorded a net 39% of businesses pessimistic about the year ahead, following on from a line of negative business confidence

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Brent Edwards
Fri, 29 Jun 2018
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