Monday, Jan 04, 2010
Government budgetary crisis danger signals
FT: UK deficit warning from City economists
Britain is in danger of succumbing to a budgetary crisis this year, with the economy likely to stay in the doldrums until at least the end of 2010, a Financial Times survey of economists warns. Asked to name the three biggest risks to the economy, 37 of the 79 economists polled said the UK was threatened by a fiscal crisis that could derail any revival. Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics and a former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, said: “The major risk is the loss of confidence in the government’s ability to get the public finances back under control.” Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of the central bank, said that inadequate plans for addressing the fiscal deficit could result in sharp rate rises and a fall in the pound.
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1. icarus said...
Half said that action to cut spending and increase taxes was needed urgently. Half warned that such a rapid reduction in borrowing would undermine the economy. Where would we be without 'em?