WELLINGTON: New Zealand has projected faster economic growth and smaller deficits in its annual budget, allowing prime minister Jacinda Ardern to boost efforts to tackle inequality even as the government keeps a lid on debt.
Annual average growth will accelerate to 4.4% in 2023 from 2.9% this year, according to budget forecasts released yesterday in Wellington.
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