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The budget sets us up for an unreasonably slow recovery. Here's how

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
the budget sets us up for an unreasonably slow recovery. Here's howLukas Coch/AAP

Josh Frydenberg has told us his 2020 Budget is “all about jobs”.

What he hasn’t said is that it is actually aiming for a slower recovery from the recession, as far as unemployment goes, than from most recessions in Australia’s history.

That’s both the budget’s explicit forecast and the result of the...

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