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From the link:
//He cast doubt on the UK economy's ability to grow, as he pointed to Asda's closely followed income tracker which shows that the poorest 20% of households are already spending £60 more than they are earning every month.
"That household budget deficit means people are having to rein in spending and move away from premium brands."
Companies are not only facing a vicious squeeze on customer budgets, their own borrowing costs have rocketed in the last year making it very difficult for firms to borrow to invest and grow their own business and - in turn - the economy as a whole.//
No wonder they won’t release those OBR figures?
This almost reminds me of the Rogue Trader(Nick Leeson) book, massive gambling to get out of debt, the only contrast being he knew what he was doing within the business and still got caught.