Summary: Leading index growth rate down in August; Westpac: momentum improved relative to 2022, 2023, but still soft; reading implies annual GDP growth of around 2.25%-2.50%; ACGB yields rise; rate-cut expectations soften; Westpac: expects extended period of sluggish performance to last even longer; Westpac: forecasts 1% 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...