Budget strategy rejigged as $85.3bn deficit revealed
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has abandoned the government’s previous fiscal strategy of bringing the budget back to balance in favour of boosting business and consumer confidence as it reveals a budget deficit of $85.3 billion in 2019–20.
Budget strategy rejigged as $85.3bn deficit revealed
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September 28, 2020
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The deficit figure is $0.5 billion less thanthe government’s economic update in Julybut $90.3 billion more thanwhat was predicted in its 2019–20 Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook, according to its 2019–20 Final Budget Outcome document.