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Budget update forecasts deficit of $1.1 billion this financial year

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The federal budget is headed for a small $1.1 billion deficit this financial year, according to the update released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher on Wednesday morning.

This is an improvement of $12.8 billion compared to the deficit forecast in the May budget.

It suggests the final figure for the financial year might...

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