OBR’s fiscal warnings can be ignored…for now

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) today sent a clear message to the government that regardless of the speed of the recovery, the government debt to GDP ratio is on an unsustainable path. Even so, we suspect that soaring debt levels will be dealt with later and more gradually than many expect.

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