How did the experts get it so wrong?
Oil at $US10 a barrel, the $A dollar at US40¢, iron ore at $US30 a tonne and the RBA cutting rates to 1.5 per cent. Just a few of the big calls of 2016 that have been somewhat off the mark.
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