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Federal budget and post Covid-19 economic recovery
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the recent federal budget and the direction for the country to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic?
TOTAL:
Agree |
This budget
May’21 |
Last budget
Oct’20 |
The decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy | 75% | 75% |
The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not | 73% | 70% |
The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control | 42% | 49% |
TOTAL:
Agree |
TOTAL:
Disagree |
Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree, nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Unsure | |
The decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy | 75% | 6% | 43% | 32% | 15% | 4% | 2% | 4% |
The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not | 73% | 5% | 37% | 36% | 18% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control | 42% | 26% | 12% | 30% | 27% | 19% | 7% | 5% |
- There is now less agreement that the global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control compared to last October (42% from 49%).
- However, there is still high agreement that ‘the decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy’, and ‘the government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not’ (75% and 73% respectively).

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