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Bond investors have urged chancellor to increase headroom to avoid breaking borrowing rule Economics
Chancellor hopes to raise enough funds to stop damaging speculation about breaching fiscal rulesRachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s gripRachel Reeves is aiming to create more “headroom” against her fiscal rules in November’s tax-raising budget, to cushion the UK against volatile government bond markets.The chancellor met her first rule – to balance taxes and day-to-day spending – with £10bn to spare in last autumn’s budget, and again at her March spring statement. Continue reading... Economics
Pimco and BlackRock both say chancellor needs to go beyond slim £9.9bn of margin left against key borrowing rule Economics
Big bond investors say chancellor needs to go beyond slim £9.9bn of margin left against key borrowing rule Politics