Home Australian Treasurer Frydenberg: Recession will dampen participation, productivity
FXStreet News

Australian Treasurer Frydenberg: Recession will dampen participation, productivity

“The budget coming up on October 6 will be addressed at a ‘unique’ recession, said Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg while speaking at a news briefing in Canberra this Thursday.

Additional quotes

“Strategy is for a focus on a jobs-led recovery.”

“Recession will dampen participation, productivity.”

“Medium-term budget position to weaken.” 

“Australia to have a lower level of prices, wages.” 

Market reaction

The above comments failed to move the aussie, as AUD/USD licks its wounds around 0.7075, finding some support from the bounce in the S&P 500 futures.

FX Street

FX Street

FXStreet is the leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It was launched in 2000 and the portal has always been proud of their unyielding commitment to provide objective and unbiased information, to enable their users to take better and more confident decisions.