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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Peter Hannam

Jim Chalmers to cut economic growth estimates amid inflation ‘headwinds’

Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his state of the economy speech to parliament in which he will lower the economic growth forecast for 2021-22. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The federal treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will use the state of the economy speech to trim the national growth estimates, citing global economic “headwinds”.

“[T]he headwinds our economy is facing – higher inflation at the top of that list, along with slowing global growth – are now reflected in the revised economic outcomes and forecasts,” Chalmers will tell parliament on Thursday according to an excerpt of his speech.

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