With CBA senior economist Gareth Aird on GDP data, the shifting RBA rate outlook, and why economists care too much about aggregate numbers

CBA senior economist Gareth Aird joins Paul and David to take a deep dive on GDP data and discuss the changing picture on interest rates for the RBA before getting into some of the problems with migration policy underpinning economic growth. Aird argues that some economists and policy makers focus too much on aggregate numbers rather than people's lived experience in the economy.

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