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How will the UK government respond to higher energy prices?

With the UK’s public finances shaky, we doubt the Middle East conflict will provoke a large-scale fiscal rescue package like that seen in 2022 even in more extreme scenarios in which the conflict escalates.

We’ll be online for 20 minutes at 3pm GMT today to answer questions on how the conflict in the Middle East is influencing the UK economy and the path of interest rates. (Register here.)

And at 3pm GMT on Thursday 19th March we will be hosting a 20-minute online Drop-In to discuss the outlook for Bank of England, ECB and Fed policy. (Register here.)

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