Are the fiscal rules about to be broken?

There is a significant chance that the OBR will judge that the Chancellor is on course to miss at least one of his fiscal rules when it revises its forecasts for the Autumn Statement. Rather than tightening policy further, the most palatable option for Mr Osborne may be just to alter the rules.

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