In early August, the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) came out with a bold GDP forecast of 2.2% for 2025 — significantly more optimistic than the Reserve Bank, which is expecting growth of 1.5%.

If you consider that courageous, then you may find the goal set by the CEO pledgers to achieve 3.3% growth by the end of 2025 an even more ambitious task. It goes without saying that we are an economy desperate for growth, and thus all the optimism is welcome. However, how likely is it that we will achieve this growth?..

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