Deficit Reduction Averaging: A Plan B for fiscal tightening

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This paper assesses the extent to which the plans of the Coalition government and of the previous Labour government successfully balance the demands of economic sensitivity and market sensitivity. It then goes on to propose a new, alternative approach: deficit reduction averaging.

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