UK Treasury Weighs Fiscal Rule Flexibility to Unlock Billions for Capital Investment - The Global Treasurer
UK Treasury Weighs Fiscal Rule Flexibility to Unlock Billions for Capital Investment - The Global Treasurer
Source: The Global Treasurer
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DW NOTE
The UK ran a deficit of £121 billion last year and now wants accounting flexibility to spend billions more on capital. They'll call it "investment," but the bond market will call it what it is: more debt priced into gilts whether the fiscal rule changes or not.