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(S+) Federal budget: the billions are ready - why don't the authorities spend the money?

8/20/2022, 5:24:42 PM


The federal budget is pushing billions of dollars in unused expenditure, with increasingly fatal consequences for the economy. Why is that – and in which areas is the investment backlog greatest?

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