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Poppy Johnston and Andrew Brown

RARE PHOTOS: Outstanding invoices go unpaid as businesses squeezed | Vintage Vibes

Lacklustre consumer spending and elevated costs of doing business saw firms struggling. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Sluggish growth conditions are set to stick around well into 2025, ahead of a possible uptick in the unemployment rate, an economic survey forecasts.

The latest leading index by Westpac and the Melbourne Institute reports while the growth rate has increased slightly, it remained in negative territory.

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