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Government to live with debt rather than lurch towards austerity

Unlike the period after the Global Financial Crisis, we doubt that the government will immediately turn to a prolonged period of austerity after the surge in the debt to GDP ratio during the coronavirus crisis. This suggests the economy won’t have to drive with the fiscal policy handbrake on.

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