The coordinated fiscal and monetary stimulus announced by the Chancellor and the Bank of England today shows that policymakers are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the coronavirus results in the economy following a path over the coming quarters that looks more like a “V” than an “L”. But arguably the longer-lasting legacy of this Budget is that the austerity of the last decade is being replaced with a desire to spend that could last just as long.
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