{
  "id": 10812635,
  "title": "Jim Chalmers spins inflation fairy tales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/jim-chalmers-spins-inflation-fairy-tales",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T00:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/09/jim-chalmers-spins-inflation-fairy-tales/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Treasurer “Spin” Jim Chalmers defended the federal government’s inflation record ahead of Tuesday’s 0.25% rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Chalmers insisted at a press conference with Finance Minister Katy Gallagher on Monday that the war in the Middle East, not government spending, was driving inflation. “We have an inflation challenge in The post Jim Chalmers spins inflation…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}