Budget 2024: rates watch, tax breaks & the NDIS ticking bomb

This week on The Fin podcast, political editor Phillip Coorey talks about what the government is likely to announce in the federal budget, what that means for inflation and interest rates, and gives his assessment of how Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are faring as we count down to the next election. This podcast is sponsored by AICD Further reading: Labor election plans start blowing smoke Labor is banking on at least one rate cut before calling an election. That scenario is no longer guaranteed. Chalmers locks in business tax breaks to help Made in Australia The budget will contain tax breaks for investors to turbocharge the government’s Future Made in Australia Act, Jim Chalmers has confirmed. ‘Vigilant’ RBA puts home loan borrowers on notice Governor Michele Bullock has issued a fresh warning to mortgage holders, two years after the Reserve Bank of Australia began raising interest rates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.