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Pre-Budget Report 2009 Preview - Going for broke?

Consumers are likely to bear the brunt of the looming tax rises and government spending cuts. The worst year of the fiscal squeeze looks likely to be 2011, when we think that it could knock some 2.5% off households annual income growth.

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