While the bulk of the extra spending unveiled today in the 2019 Spending Round had already been announced, its overall stance was a bit looser than had been anticipated. This could raise GDP growth by about 0.2ppts in 2020 and by 0.1ppt in 2021, representing a rare upside risk to our current GDP forecasts.
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