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Public Finances (Oct.)

October’s public finance figures provided the Chancellor with some relatively good news ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement. But the deterioration in the prospects for economic growth (and hence borrowing) in future years mean that he will have no scope at all for a fiscal loosening on 29th November.

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