CLAIRE BISSEKER: SA’s fiscal outlook is far worse than most realise
Goal of deficit stabilisation is more distant than ever
18 July 2023 - 05:00
SA can always rely on Michael Sachs to put his unerring finger on the most painful spot with regard to the country’s public finances.
The Wits adjunct professor and former head of the National Treasury’s budget office does it again with his colleagues at the Wits Public Economy Project (PEP) in a new fiscal paper, “Austerity without Consolidation”. It should be essential reading for every politician and business person...
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