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The Chancellor's tax and spending plans are constrained by two self-imposed fiscal rules: the golden rule and the sustainable investment rule. IFS analysis of the public finances monitors the government's performance with reference to the Treasury's fiscal rules.
Work in this area also looks at forecasts of revenue and spending and aims to inform public debate around the Budget, the Pre-Budget Report and the Spending Review. Part of this dissemination involves writing articles for a variety of non-technical publications, such as Public Finance Magazine. A full listing of news articles authored by IFS staff can be found in our press section. IFS staff carry out monthly analysis of the public finance numbers: these are distributed as press notices and can also be found in our press section. See our Budgets section for more details about Budget and related analyses. Search
Some initial reactions to the 2009 Pre-Budget Report from Mike Brewer, Robert Chote and Carl Emmerson.
Robert Chote, Director of IFS, outlines what we might expect to hear in the Chancellor's PBR 2009 statement.
This paper assesses the key conceptual and practical challenges dynamic scoring poses and considers the pros and cons of adopting it.
A year and a half into the recession, how close are the public finances to Treasury forecasts and what does the future hold?
This public economics lecture was delivered at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in November 2009.
This paper evaluates a United Kingdom pilot study designed to test whether a means-tested conditional cash transfer paid to 16- to 18-year-olds for staying in full-time education is an effective way of reducing the proportion of school dropouts.
This public economics lecture was delivered at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in October 2009.
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