Market Economics Managing Director Stephen Koukoulas says budget surpluses will be 'a real Ace of Hearts' for the Coalition at the next election.
Market Economics Managing Director Stephen Koukoulas says budget surpluses will be "a real Ace of Hearts" for the Coalition at the next election.
"If I were the treasurer, I'd be more inclined to put a little bit of the budget surplus into the economy," he said. "We should be near three per cent annual growth." Mr Koukoulas said "the economy is growing" but conceded it was "not growing very rapidly". Image: News Corp Australia
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