Australian economic update: can we believe Treasury's 'glass half-full' outlook? | Katharine Murphy

The economy was sputtering before the pandemic hit and Covid-19 has delivered a body blow

The May budget was cancelled, so we've had to wait for revised forecasts mapping the impact of Covid-19 on the budget and the economy. The Treasury produced new numbers on Thursday. What did we learn?

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