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May 25, 2008
Why No Figures On Fiscal Drag?
Fran O'Sullivan has a look at the fiscal drag effect on the Government coffers and suggests that the cupboard may no be as bare as Dr Cullen's figures suggest. What is alarming is Fran's account of what Treasury has been allowed to model and publish and how enquiries have being handled.