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Public Finances (Feb.)

February’s public finances figures showed that borrowing may come in a little below the OBR’s 2020/21 forecast of £355bn. But if we are right in thinking the economic recovery will be faster and fuller than the OBR expects, borrowing will undershoot the OBR’s forecasts by even more further ahead.

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