The public finances figures brought some cheer for the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, ahead of his fiscal statement on Friday. That said, the government’s huge fiscal expansion and the weakening economy will probably put borrowing back on an upward trend in the coming months and reinforce concerns in the financial markets about the sustainability of the public finances.
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