Today’s budget update showed that the government now expects a balanced budget in 2023/24, as opposed to the modest deficit it had projected a few months ago. With revenue likely to outperform the government’s conservative assumptions, we think an outright surplus is likely. That said, with spending still set to rise sharply, fiscal policy is not nearly as tight as the government makes it out to be.
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