Quite rightly, the parlous state of the nation’s economy has taken up more airtime in recent weeks.
2026 has opened with a series of disappointing economic indicators. Among them, the $57 billion deficit blowout, the OECD’s damning report on profligate government spending and the IMF’s warning about Australia’s “drawn-out persistence” in inflation – a presage of this week’s higher-than-expected jump to 3.8 per cent in the December quarter headline inflation.
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