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16 March 2016

Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2016

Our latest Economic and fiscal outlook was published on 16 March 2016. It sets out forecasts for the economy and the public finances, and an assessment of whether the Government is likely to achieve its fiscal mandate and supplementary target.

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Economic and fiscal outlook - March 2016

16 March 2016 – 4.94 MB

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Supporting documents

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    Overview - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 1.95 MB
  • pdf

    Executive Summary - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 2.21 MB
  • xls

    Economic and fiscal outlook charts and tables - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 3.32 MB
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    Economic and fiscal outlook supplementary fiscal tables - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 1.17 MB
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    Economic and fiscal outlook supplementary economy tables - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 239.48 KB
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    Economic and fiscal outlook press notice - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 108.30 KB
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    Devolved taxes forecast - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 332.78 KB
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    Log of substantive contact between the OBR and Treasury Ministers, Special Advisers and their private office staff between 25 November 2015 and 15 March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 47.24 KB
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    Data sources - March 2016

    11 April 2016 – 55.56 KB

Supplementary documents

Information or data which has been released as a result of external requests, since the original publication of the main document.

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    Non-residential SDLT elasticities - March 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook

    22 August 2017 – 78.64 KB
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    Universal credit (UC) caseload forecasts - March 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook

    21 July 2016 – 82.03 KB

Presentations

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    Economic and fiscal outlook speaking notes - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 201.21 KB
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    Economic and fiscal outlook presentation slides - March 2016

    16 March 2016 – 403.38 KB

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