Fed: The best is yet to come, says Costello

AAP General News (Australia)
02-24-2000
Fed: The best is yet to come, says Costello

By Stephen Spencer, Economics Correspondent

CANBERRA, Feb 24 AAP - The best is yet to come, Treasurer Peter Costello today predicted,
as Prime Minister John Howard forecast further falls in unemployment and the Treasury
said it could see no end to the economic good times.

But their rosy forecasts were tempered by a further fall in skilled job vacancies and
a slump in business investment.

Mr Costello told a business lunch in Sydney economic prospects were as good as they
had ever been, with a third consecutive budget surplus, decade-low …