Budget 2014: Mr Osborne keeps the shackles in place

This was a fiscally neutral Budget which, from a macro-economic standpoint, changes very little. With the fiscal consolidation set to continue for at least another five years, the responsibility for sustaining the economic recovery will continue to lie firmly with the Monetary Policy Committee.

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