SYDNEY: Australia’s business conditions eased in the final month of last year while confidence remained at below average levels, reflecting the central bank’s policy tightening campaign to tackle elevated inflation.
Business conditions, which measure sales, employment and profitability, slid two points to seven in December, a National Australia Bank Ltd (NBA) survey showed. Business confidence rose to minus one.
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