Mar 4, 2021 09:22 GMTFXStreet News
Further covid support in the UK Budget was offset by increased taxes in the next five years. Vaccine rollouts and restriction easing should keep the GBP/USD pair within a lower 1.38-1.43 range, economists at Westpac report.
See: GBP/USD to hold below the 1.42 level through the spring – Rabobank
Key quotes
“The UK’s March 2021 Budget once again underscored the extraordinary scale of the UK’s support for the economy. Even though Chancellor Sunak announced yet further extensions and increases in fiscal support to offset the impacts of the covid pandemic, the latest Office of Budget Responsibility Economic and Fiscal Outlook profiles an improved economic outcome from Nov ‘20 which pulls down the 2020-21 peak in Public Sector Net Borrowing from 19.0% of GDP to 16.9%.”
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