March 21, 2024 07:05 GMT
Public sector borrowing higher than expected
UK DATA
- Public finance data worse than expected with a higher deficit and downward revision to the January surplus (which itself was lower than expected).
- Will look into the drivers here, but there was a lower income tax take in January than expected, and as these data have disappointed again it seems unlikely that we will have seen the rebounded expected to get the Jan+Feb sum back on the expected track.
- Should be only minimal (if any) impact on markets, however, given that there are much bigger events today (BOE the big one for UK Markets, see our preview here)
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