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UK: The update to the furlough and self-employment numbers are out from the UK
government. There's been an extra GBP2.5bln on the furlough scheme over the past
week to GBP17.5bln and an extra GBP0.4bln on the self employment scheme to
GBP7.2bln.
- The OBR estimated the furlough scheme would cost GBP28.0bln in April and May
with the self employment scheme GBP3.0bln per month (note the self employment
scheme includes payments backdated to March). These numbers are not fully
comparable as we are comparing cash vs accrued accounting....

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