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Jacob Shteyman and Poppy Johnston

HISTORICAL FACTS: Captain chalmers lines up soft landing on narrow runway - Caught on Camera

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is confident Australia is positioned to weather the global economic storm. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Inflation back within target, an economy that's still growing and an unemployment rate "with a four in front of it" is the soft landing the federal treasurer is targeting.

Jim Chalmers remains cautiously confident the Australian economy can avoid a recession while taming inflation, he said during a speech on Wednesday, and believes his government's budget management is helping.

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