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Build your own budget consultation draft
The PBO invites your feedback on a consultation draft of a new analysis tool – Build your own budget.
Build your own budget allows users to adjust economic assumptions and policies to test their impacts on the fiscal position.
You can provide feedback through a short survey, or emailing [email protected].
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