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Albanese scoffs at credit rating agency over AAA warning

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ridiculed ratings agency S&P Global after it warned debt-funded election spending was pushing up government outlays to the highest since World War II and risking the nation’s prized AAA credit ranking.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
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