Australian economic outlook overshadowed by bushfires, drought - Reuters poll
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Analysts have downgraded forecasts for Australia's economic growth this year as the worst bushfires on record undercut already shaky consumer confidence, adding another burden on consumption and offsetting lower interest rates.Economists polled by Reuters forecast Australia's A$2 trillion (1.06 trillion pounds) of annual gross domestic product (GDP) would expand 1.8% in 2019, down from predictions of 1.9% in the previous poll and 2.7% early last year.Growth was seen picking up..