澳大利亚的2024/25预算赤字降至10B美元,因为就业和税收收益强劲,公共支出增加。 Australia’s 2024/25 budget deficit narrows to $10B due to strong jobs and tax gains, boosting public spending.

更强大的就业市场和比预期更高的税收收入改善了澳大利亚的2024/25联邦预算,将赤字减少到略低于100亿美元 — — 180亿美元,比预测的要好。 A stronger job market and higher-than-expected tax revenue have improved Australia’s 2024/25 federal budget, reducing the deficit to just under $10 billion—$18 billion better than forecast. 凯蒂·加拉格尔财政部长将结果称为“好消息 ” , 使得能够增加对医疗保健、老年护理、残疾支助和国防的投资。 Finance Minister Katy Gallagher called the result “good news,” enabling increased investment in Medicare, aged care, disability support, and defence. 司库吉姆·查姆斯(Jim Chalmers)赞扬政府的经济管理,指出在将过去的赤字变为盈余和将赤字降至GDP的0.4%方面取得的进展。 Treasurer Jim Chalmers credited the government’s economic management, noting progress in turning past deficits into surpluses and reducing the deficit to 0.4% of GDP. 收入收益的大约70%发生在过去三年,预计到2028/29年,实际支出将每年增长1.7%。 About 70% of revenue gains occurred in the past three years, with real spending projected to grow 1.7% annually through 2028/29. 自由党参议员Maria Kovacic将改善归咎于括号爬升, 认为高税收源于通货膨胀而非政策。 Liberal senator Maria Kovacic attributed the improvement to bracket creep, arguing higher taxes stem from inflation, not policy. 随着储备银行考虑利率,8月通胀率升至3%,因此不可能削减利率,因此,预算更新将出现在储备银行考虑利率时。 The budget update comes as the Reserve Bank considers interest rates, with inflation rising to 3% in August, making a rate cut unlikely.