{"id":189012,"date":"2025-12-17T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/189012\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:43:09","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\/il\/189012\/","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\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQVWYxdDBRd2RzaXFzT3dmbzNkcWY4MVhWS0hFMGREWUkwckk3dEhWQXluWHkzVXVGaWl6R2VPNm41LWpubFFJVGNGLVRVcldPc0dqWmZGZ2ZpVTdDaFRWM2ZzQTZvZll4YUpxZ2s1Zy1Rb2Y1VnlKYTVwbjl3S3dUTGI3a3BSaHpqQzhGU1J1VDU1Wkw2ZXZ4c0ZxR095eTNXVjNCdjZUaFhtTU92Unc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Short-term spending rises despite overall budget improvement as Treasury upgrades inflation forecast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPQVlnNHNGRlExYk9pVkZtbzltSE1iSDNfb0swVGNabUs0YldLQmRrWlNwX2JHaENZaGJRMTFzV2JHWTVXdUZ2TUgzMjh1X3lSaU9NcGtnNGVJREFxMjVWYnQ0UW5HdF9jTERKX0ZyY2xyUnNkLV9CR0lBd1VpSWg0NW5BRGt2OWp1ZjJKd05EUC1Lc2VuOFJndEppY0RSb3RUSmE4OEJVRDBQUnB4VTFLYkNmQ1BQYlU2dDl3ZmkzbEZodHI0cDg0Ulk4YnZqRU5udlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxNOGxHZkZvUGNXcGRpRFVZYXJ4MEw5a21nVXNmTXFpWTZnS19yYXJHUDJnUk9qeV9XbWJxYS14ZWNRY0dFNF90Sm1aYi10YnhyejktTTJSdlI0VWt2Wk93d2RtTS1UaV8zZVZ5SzQtbWN0ZnVKTHpOeXJVMk9DS2hRX2hSeWtVWFFxNDBYMUl0c3BOTkZWc2Rlc3pIWENsWjltV0Y5RW9LR2lTUlFEbm1sVjFUbnItNTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$20b in savings and $32b tax windfalls fail to dent budget deficit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rate hikes, rising inflation and difficult decisions: key takeaways from Jim Chalmers\u2019 budget update&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianShort-term spending rises despite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-189012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}