ANZ Weekly: Ignore Chalmers’ predictions of spending restraint

If the Coalition wins the federal election due by May, the fiscal stance that Treasurer Jim Chalmers will unveil in the Budget on 25th March may end up being supplanted by a more restrictive one before the end of the year. But if Labor clings on to power, its recent track record suggests that spending will end up being higher than projected in the Budget.

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