Despite all the headlines suggesting that the Treasurer has embarked on an infrastructure spending spree, the fiscal figures appear to show that the economy is not going to be significantly stronger as a result. In fact, a small easing in the size of the projected fiscal squeeze over the two years before the next Federal election will be offset by a much larger squeeze in the following two years.
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