Inside Politics: Interest rates, housing affordability and the economy - what can we expect in 2024?
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It has been a busy year in Australian politics.\\xa0
\\nWe voted no to the Voice to Parliament. Three state premiers resigned. The government legislated industrial relations changes and housing affordability measures.\\xa0
\\nBut the throughline of the year, and the main concern of ordinary voters, was the state of the economy, and the government\\u2019s handling of it.\\xa0
\\nWe had the scourge of stubborn inflation and the RBA\\u2019s ratcheting up of interest rates. And we had a housing affordability problem that politicians have finally acknowledged is actually a crisis.
\\nToday on Inside Politics, economics reporters Shane Wright and Rachel Clun join Jacqueline Maley to talk about the economy, and what we might expect of it in 2024.
\\nCut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly\\xa0Inside Politics newsletter here.
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