独立机构“预算责任办公室(Office for Budget Responsibility)预测,今年英国经济将略微收缩,未来4年增长率也将低于今年3月的预测。这家监督机构的主席罗伯特·乔特(Robert Chote)表示:“在一段较长的时间里,复苏持续疲软,这一点引人注意。
As a result of this bleaker outlook, Mr Osborne said Britain would miss by a year its target of 2015-16 for debt to fall as a percentage of national income. He also said he would extend austerity by another year to 2017-18 to close the cyclically adjusted current budget deficit.
由于前景更加黯淡,奥斯本表示英国将延后一年才能达到2015-16年债务与国家收入比率下降的目标。他还表示,他要把紧缩措施延长一年,至2017-18年,以消除经周期调整的当前预算赤字。
“The public know that there are no miracle cures, Mr Osborne said yesterday.
奥斯本昨日表示:“公众明白不存在奇迹般的对策。
Markets barely reacted to the news. The UK’s benchmark 10-year bond yields edged down to 1.78 per cent, and the pound was flat against the US dollar.
市场对这一消息反应平平。英国基准10年期债券收益率跌至1.78%,英镑兑美元汇率没有什么变化。
The chancellor’s statement did nothing to dispel fears that the UK could be stripped of its triple A credit rating. “In our view, missing the target weakens the credibility of the UK’s fiscal framework, which is one of the factors supporting the rating, Fitch said yesterday.
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