Contrary to what many newspaper headlines claimed after the Autumn Statement towards the end of last year, we have not reached the end of austerity. Not in the slightest. However, we think that the economy should weather the second stage of fiscal tightening fairly well, assuming that it has the continued support from monetary policy that we expect.
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