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SPECIAL REPORT: Trade battles, high Chinese debt and slowing global growth are among the biggest threats to the WA economy.

Western Australia's economic upturn is gathering momentum, according to the latest report from Deloitte, with business investment beginning to recover and exports continuing to perform.

Deloitte Access Economics has foreshadowed a bleaker outlook for the state's economy in the coming year than that predicted by the WA Department of Treasury in December.

Former Grant Thornton partner Matthew Donnelly and former Perth Airport executive Fiona Lander have brought to seven the number of external recruits to join Deloitte's Perth partnership in the past five months, offsetting moves by other partners such as Jenn Morris, who has retired from the firm.

The Chinese steel industry may be facing years of consolidation, according to Deloitte China chief economist Sitao Xu, but the nation's economy is more resilient than many pundits would have us believe.

A mix of tenants are moving into CBD space vacated by resources companies.

The latest numbers from Western Australia's listed gold miners show they remain under pressure from rising costs and a falling global gold price, with some local producers concerned that changes to the state's royalty system might erode margins beyond break-even.

Clean energy, aged care and disaster management are among the sectors highlighted as potential growth areas in the Western Australian economy in a new report by Deloitte.