Summary: Australia’s GDP up 0.4% in June quarter, in line with expectations; ANZ: moderate slowdown in growth in first half of 2023 versus 2022; Westpac: growth prospects hinge on household sector; inventories, exports major influences in quarter. Since the “recession we had to have” as the recession of 1990/91 became known, Australia’s GDP growth has been consistently positive, with only the odd negative quarter here and there. However, Australia’s first...