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Poppy Johnston

Rate cuts on horizon in mixed 2025 for the economy

Australians can greet the new year with cautious financial optimism, economists believe. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians have endured taxing economic conditions in the past calendar year, but there is cause for cautious hope in 2025.

Long-awaited interest rate cuts are broadly expected in the first half of the year, providing household budgets with much-needed breathing space.

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