While the government still needs to gain support for its throne speech and then back it up with budgetary action, the array of policy proposals confirms it is ready to take a far more activist approach to fiscal policy. This could lead to GDP growth being stronger than we expect in 2021 and 2022, but we will have to wait for the full fiscal update, which may not come until November or December.
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