Swan's mixed message leaves us confused

By Jack Waterford
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:36pm, first published May 24 2012 - 12:00am

A budget is a political as much as an economic statement. A Treasurer has his eye on the economic environment, and the milestones he wants to pass in the short, medium and long term. But he is as necessarily focused on having public hopes and expectations about their personal situations, and the nation’s economic health in particularly fine shape by about the time of the next election. All things being equal, that’s about 16 months away.

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