Budget provides a little relief to households

While the Chancellor gave households something to cheer in last week’s Budget, the big picture is that austerity still has further to run. Moreover, the OBR’s new-found pessimism regarding future gains in productivity has fed through to an anaemic wages growth forecast. However, we think that the fiscal watchdog’s new projections will prove too pessimistic.

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