Big-spender to begin fiscal repair


AUSTRALIA is set to begin winding back its massive pandemic-era stimulus, even as its central bank remains an outlier among peers in sticking with near-zero interest rates.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s administration funnelled cash to households and firms to cushion the blow of Covid-19, wracking up record budget deficits and government debt in the process.

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