'Could do better': top Australian economists grade the 2020 budget | Peter Martin for the Conversation

Forty-three economists were asked to rate the budget on a scale of A-F, and while none gave it a fail, most are unhappy

Australia's leading economists have struggled to grade this month's budget.

Challenged by the Economic Society of Australia and The Conversation to rate it on a scale of A to F when judged by its stated aims of rebuilding the economy and creating jobs, none of the 43 economists who responded gave it the lowest grades of E or F.