Summary: Leading index growth rate rises in September; Westpac: slightly negative for best part of a year; reading implies annual GDP growth of around 2.35%-2.60%; ACGB yields fall; rate-cut expectations firm; Westpac: forecasts 1.5% GDP growth in calendar 2024, 2.4% in calendar 2025. 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....