Budget 2014: a wide wafer thin surplus, but where is the wine?
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When a Catholic finance minister talks of a “wafer thin” surplus, you should be able to at least expect a bit of communion wine with the host.
In fact, today’s surplus is wider than wafer-thin. Previous forecasts of a surplus around $75-90 million were in the context of government spending,
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Rob Hosking
Thu, 15 May 2014
Thu, 15 May 2014
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Budget 2014: a wide wafer thin surplus, but where is the wine?
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