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Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

With the RBA nearly out of ammunition - virtually "pushing on a string" - the government has to step in. But nah, the Morrison administration has to have the right to brag it took the budget to a surplus.

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