# Jim Chalmers faces a world of hard choices where the solution to one problem makes the other worse

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-23T04:54:47+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/23/jim-chalmers-hard-choices-economy-inflation-unemployment
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/jim-chalmers-faces-a-world-of-hard-choices-where-the-solution-to-one-p-6e9d95/

High inflation, low growth and rising unemployment can be added to the federal treasurer’s wall of worries Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Jim Chalmers in a speech last week offered the scant encouragement that the economy would be “a bit better” in a year’s time. Fast forward to Friday morning, and the treasurer revealed that his officials were busy downgrading their

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