{"id":353819,"date":"2025-12-17T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353819\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:01:08","slug":"rate-hikes-rising-inflation-and-difficult-decisions-key-takeaways-from-jim-chalmers-budget-update-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353819\/","title":{"rendered":"Rate hikes, rising inflation and difficult decisions: key takeaways from Jim Chalmers\u2019 budget update &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQay1kS05JbjR4T0taLXBDdkZ1aFJ4QzRDWUFHTUpYZTg3YVFBdlJPaWw3QngxUFdqaV9oQ0NWcGUwVExMczlNejdTWTgwdlFpdnN5RlpCZWkwbkJsMGpSZTlmbnU4czF4anA1bzBpaGdYUnFkR1RSNUtBdHRfOHJzb1VIU0lzdks0NDZTR254YU5JZUc0c2JSRFkwN05INTZXZjRKY2d4Wnp0cVBUQ253TExWRDk5UHliWjh3bzc5d1UtOHJjbnZZME1DMHBISWVYVDYzb1N2Tlo3S2NNR2VSZ05LSFZVMWkyS1R1ZHh4RVBuWUxVVXJTVjh4R2JrdDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rate hikes, rising inflation and difficult decisions: key takeaways from Jim Chalmers\u2019 budget update<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOVHNxLVpzWG03dEpZWkNxekN0N2d3WFphX21MRVFoNW5qZzVRb01jd2JjOFkzcF9OWmhzQVROeVZXaXg5eHpSdFZJTWNwOE1IRWx6bGp2MFVNcV9Xa1hhWHpmdGk2WW9qeG9CQ0lENE5GWUtaZHA2VE1TV1B1aHI2czFwc2hfNElMT2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federal politics: Chalmers flags difficult decisions to come in next year&#8217;s budget \u2014 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwJBVV95cUxPaTVvQUFQYkx5dzVZaVRleDZXYzhKTDJ3VEgzWlN1RUlsUjM2ZWNYcWJVWE1WQVB4REEtcWZoNkhFbFkySzZqTEg2bm93Sk1MVkZpdVhSLXFXT1dBNE9hSGJpeWdEQVhvcXZDWEVhSzc2N251YjlTV3FHZ3hoal9MTHFXZ3VKbWhxb1ppQk9jR3BGdzU4TGZyTVNXcU9UdmRremRYUUNXMWJhX0RXSDhFX182Q05QQ0FBYTBOS2VQeTBaT25YLURwWkdhUXNubG4tY0l4eEFQQ3VqWHk0bmtJWUJicUJoazQweGtBRmh1M2lscDdOdkRtVTlKcVA5T3BjeWpjaUQ2b3dERVRhUWp0SXIza2NGbW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Budget update shows Australia\u2019s debt and deficit easing \u2013 thanks to higher tax take<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNeFUyNHBGTkNTVVpHWlByb0pQLWJVTkhYRDFRRkctV29mc0ZHRF9OZm4yS25lek14QzFSU2p3dG5keWNPQ3NPT01rYjNRemo5ZjFKOXdHZl8xV1pIU3JJWFpGQTRRcHJ2bkJxbmxLaG9XR2M1OTlIMVR1cl8taEtxYWozelFrRnBVSlVoTXdGdV9xM01FT2tLcldpNkY0QnRPS0tzQjVTYXZKV1d1XzM1cUN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Budget bottom line improves but is still bright red<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sydney Morning Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxObTRvLUt1Y3FCWEdhRXpNakVDRzdMOUlhUFZzODdHYlAzRHVicmxZQ2U5a3JGMlhVT0FHX1lLY0w0TmUwdjg5LU56NEJSb281d2RWdjRPMDVJcHZmN0FONmlFYmk5NkRzdlU3X3BMVXZ1OV9XdHd1SjlVN3hKU3F4aTBqS0o4Q2VWbnFtb2RzdVBOdWFiNTQtSGdjVDNzYXRJV1dMLTJoQlNscE5SUnRkRnhjTzQwNE9ZdzkxSm9UdVA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government deficit figure has improved, but fiscal restraint important<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SBS Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rate hikes, rising inflation and difficult decisions: key takeaways from Jim Chalmers\u2019 budget update&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianFederal politics: Chalmers flags&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-353819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}