Explanations
What's Happening With the Government's Finances?
Geoff Riley
7th March 2017
With the 2017 Budget imminent, Carl Emmerson from the IFS looks at the state of UK government finances. Only on 12 occasions since 1948 has the UK government run a budget surplus.
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- Budget Deficit
- Structural budget deficit
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- Fiscal deficit
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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