Credible budget will be a big ask, say economists

Economists have warned that increasing spending pressures on the national budget, worsened by rotational blackouts that are impeding economic growth as well as tax revenue, may make delivering a credible budget “a very difficult task”.

They say the country’s lacklustre medium-term growth outlook is a concern, and something credit ratings agencies could flag as a downside risk...

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