{
  "id": 19238962,
  "title": "Jim Chalmers pretends to care about productivity growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/jim-chalmers-pretends-to-care-about-productivity-growth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/11/jim-chalmers-pretends-to-care-about-productivity-growth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s productivity growth over the past decade has been among the poorest in the OECD, hampering economic and per capita growth and contributing to the nation’s inflationary pressures. The Australian’s Matthew Cranston revealed that Treasurer Jim Chalmers has asked Treasury officials in the “structural reform branch” to develop new productivity policies for next month’s mid-year The post…",
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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."
}