IMF on Australia - Near term risks are more balanced

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) view of Australia economy is crossing the wires via Bloomberg and LiveSquawk-

• Near-term risks are more balanced. 
• 2018 GDP seen at 2.9 percent. 2019 GDP at 3.1 percent. 
• The jobless rate is seen at 5.3 percent this year and 5.2 percent in 2.19 and 5 percent in 2020. 
• The consumer price index (CPI) is seen at 2.1 percent in 2018 and 2.2 percent in 2019.