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The UK is getting caught in an austerity trap

18 November 2022

10:07 PM

18 November 2022

10:07 PM

The teenagers are once again in charge of UK fiscal policy. The teenagers are not the Chancellor and his team, but those who set the tone of the fiscal debate in the media and the financial markets.

The reasons the Conservatives are now embracing austerity is the fear that higher interest rates will kill house prices.

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