Category Archive: Fiscal sustainability report

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New forecasts due on 25 November

We will publish our latest set of forecasts and scenarios for the economy and public finances alongside the Chancellor’s Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November. Our most recent estimate of public sector net borrowing for 2020-21 is £372.2 billion. This estimate was published in August and combines our Fiscal sustainability report central scenario and the…

Line chart showing real GDP versus our March forecast. Our three economic scenarios assume varying speeds of near-term recovery and degrees of medium-term 'scarring'.

Budget deficit to hit a peacetime record

The coronavirus outbreak and the public health measures taken to contain it have delivered one of the largest ever shocks to the UK economy and public finances. In the Fiscal sustainability report, our three medium-term scenarios (upside, central and downside) see the largest decline in annual GDP for 300 years this year, accompanied by an unprecedented…

Fiscal sustainability report 2020

On July 14 we will publish our latest Fiscal sustainability report, focusing on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. This will present three alternative scenarios for the economy and the public finances over the medium-term, an assessment of their implications for fiscal sustainability and a discussion of fiscal risks over the medium and long-term. The…

Spending pressures threaten sustainability of the public finances

Our latest long-term projections again show that the ageing population and healthcare cost pressures threaten the sustainability of the public finances. The outlook is worse than last year, thanks largely to the Government’s as-yet unfunded announcement of extra health spending last month. Read the 2018 Fiscal sustainability report