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Can the budget take pressure off inflation?
Manage episode 418085195 series 2902253
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tonight hand down his third budget, which will deliver a $9.3 billion surplus.
But economists are sceptical that a budget that hands out more dollars in energy bill relief and to subsidise soaring rents can also take pressure off inflation.
Guests:Steven Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Economics at George Washington University
Cherelle Murphy, Chief Economist at EY Oceania
259 episodes
Manage episode 418085195 series 2902253
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tonight hand down his third budget, which will deliver a $9.3 billion surplus.
But economists are sceptical that a budget that hands out more dollars in energy bill relief and to subsidise soaring rents can also take pressure off inflation.
Guests:Steven Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Economics at George Washington University
Cherelle Murphy, Chief Economist at EY Oceania
259 episodes
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