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Deloitte predicts December budget update will show bottom line has worsened since May, in fiscal ‘thud’

By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Next month’s update of the federal budget will forecast a bigger deficit for 2024-25 than was predicted in the May budget, according to the Deloitte Access Economics’ Budget Monitor.

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