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The Kwasi budget: Have we all just got poorer?

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Is the Bank of England Trying to Inflate the Economy?

Chancellor doubled down on the independence of the bank of england as well. I signalled to the markets to say, don't worry, don't interfere. We're not going to interfere with the institutions that the markets are obviously watching - you know where the pound is now. It's trying to deflate the economyye. And then we've got the government, which is spending like crazy, trying to inflate the economy. If i wasi, i was a journist, i'd ask andrew bailey at the next bank of England press conference, have you put interest straights up more as a result of what the government did a few weeks ago? Wii

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