Please click the link below to view Shane Oliver's views on the current state of the Australian economy.

Key points raised are :

• The mostly gloomy debate around the Australian economy often gives the impression we are in a constant state of crisis.
• However economic growth is pretty good.
  • the economy has rebalanced with the inevitable recession
  • the worst of the mining bust looks to be behind us
  • public infrastructure spending is ramping up
  • consumer and business confidence are around long term averages
  • share market profits have likely bottomed and
  • Australia stacks up well on social considerations