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Sunak: OBR Says Gov't Has Met Fiscal Rules

UK

Chancellor Rishi Sunak:

  • '...the OBR report today that our fiscal rules have all been met. Underlying debt is forecast to be 85.2% of GDP this year, then 85.4% in 2022-23, before peaking at 85.7% in 2023-24. It then falls in the final three years of the forecast from 85.1% to 83.3%'
  • 'Borrowing as a percentage of GDP is forecast to fall in every single year. From 7.9% this year to 3.3% next year, then 2.4%, 1.7%, 1.7% and 1.5% in the following years.'

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