Summary: Leading index growth rate rises in September; sub-trend growth momentum into 2024; reading implies annual GDP growth of around 2.25%; ACGB yields rise materially; rate-rise expectations firm; Westpac: expects 1.2% GDP growth in calendar 2023, 1.1% annualised in first half of 2024. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute describe their Leading Index as a composite measure which attempts to estimate the likely pace of Australian economic growth in the short-term....