An interest rate hike looms as Jim Chalmers defends the government's record on inflation | 7.30
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is meeting this week to decide whether or not to raise interest rates again. The general view is: it will happen. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government's record on inflation, and on Monday revealed a budget deficit $6 billion lower than the May forecast. Sarah Ferguson spoke with him from Canberra, and is then joined by Alan Kohler. 7.30 is the ABC's flagship current affairs program, delivering original journalism, exclusive investigations, in-depth analysis and interviews on the major issues affecting Australia and the world. With on-the-ground reporting from ABC journalists across every state and territory and around the world, 7.30 has the latest on politics, policy, the economy, cost of living, housing, health, climate and energy, national security and global affairs. Presented by Sarah Ferguson, 7.30 scrutinises the decisions and actions of politicians, business leaders and other powerful institutions through rigorous interviews a
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