With commodity prices surging in the wake of the Ukraine war, the final budget outcome for 2021/22 improved the most relative to the Budget forecast in history. And with coal prices still sky high, the shortfall will continue to narrow. Meanwhile, consumption remained resilient in August but there are early signs that soaring mortgage payments and falling real incomes are taking their toll on household finances.
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