Winning during economic slowdown, Australia's Morrison must halt rot

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media as he arrives at the Horizon Church in Sutherland in Sydney, Australia, May 19, 2019. AAP Image/Joel Carrett/via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Surprisingly retained by Australians in a national election over the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison's centre-right government now needs to find a fast way out of a worrying slowdown in an economy that has been recession-free since 1991.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to cut interest rates, already at record lows, later in the year, but economists say Morrison should be administering some fiscal stimulus in the coming months, rather than remain fixated on delivering Australia's first budget surplus in a decade.