Fiscal measures coming up in the UK
These are to back monetary easing and could be announced in the Autumn Statement
London
THE UK government is expected to cut taxes and increase infrastructure spending to back up the Bank of England's (BOE) £170 billion (S$300 billion) monetary bazooka.
The Keynesian reversal of George Osborne's austerity campaign, which is aimed at achieving a budget surplus, is forecast to be announced when Philip Hammond, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, presents his "Autumn Statement".
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