Britain will prolong its austerity drive until 2018 as the country’s independent budget watchdog slashed its economic growth forecasts and the chancellor missed one of his targets to improve the public finances.
英国将延长紧缩政策到2018年。该国独立预算监管机构削减了经济增长预测,而财相未能实现改善公共财政的目标之一。
George Osborne, the chancellor, said Britain was still determined to eliminate its budget deficit even though it would take longer than he first thought. “Britain is on the right track and turning back now would be a disaster, he told parliament as he presented his mini-budget to the country.
英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本(George Osborne)表示,即使需要的时间比他最初设想得更久,英国仍然决心消除预算赤字。他在向全国呈交他的“小预算案(mini-budget)时告诉议会:“英国正在正确的轨道上前进,现在回头将酿成灾难。
Britain has become the poster-child for deficit-reduction, but feeble growth and deteriorating finances have put the coalition government under pressure. Mr Osborne’s critics claim austerity has proved self-defeating.
英国已经成为削减赤字的典型代表,但疲软的经济增长和不断恶化的财政状况加大了联合政府的压力。批评奥斯本的人士声称,紧缩措施已被证明适得其反。
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility predicted the UK economy would shrink slightly this year and grow less over the next four years than it had forecast in March. Robert Chote, chair of the watchdog, said: “What’s striking is the weakness of the recovery over an extended period of time.
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