Australia - Vaccine rollout has yet to alter health situation

With Sydney tightening its lockdown and the one in Victoria set to be extended, we now expect GDP to shrink by 0.5% q/q in Q3. The vaccine rollout isn’t advanced enough yet to ease the medical situation meaningfully, but it is set to keep accelerating and render lockdowns obsolete by the end of the year.

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