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Fiscal Policy


The government’s tax and spending decisions affect the direction of our economy, in good times and bad, and have a huge impact on households. Our work focuses on the impact of fiscal policy on economic growth and debt, and on households across the income distribution.

Contacts

James Smith

James Smith

Research Director
T: 0203 372 2956
E: james.smith@resolutionfoundation.org

Felicia Odamtten

Economist
T: 0203 372 2916
E: felicia.odamtten@resolutionfoundation.org
Events

Policy making beyond Westminster

Economic lessons from 25 years of national devolution

Register to attend in person or to receive access link for online viewers. 1999 saw the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Senedd all meet in their full…
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Riding the economic rollercoaster

Is Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework fit for purpose?

Britain’s macroeconomic policy that the Treasury and Bank of England have got used to is crisis management – from a financial crash to a global pandemic and a huge inflation…
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Events

Wealth booms and debt burdens

How Britain’s recent economic history and outlook affects different generations

Part of the ESRC funded Connecting Generations Thought Leader series. The financial crisis is largely considered to have increased inequalities between generations, with rising public debt leading to higher taxes…
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What next?

The impact of Trussonomics, tax cuts and market turmoil

The last few days have seen a radical reshaping of the Government’s economic policy and a radical reaction from financial markets. Out have gone both Treasury orthodoxy and the legacy…
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Crunch time

Bank of England raises rates again and signals cost of living crisis is set to deliver a £1,200 hit to incomes

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Today the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee raised rates at a fourth successive meeting – a first in the 25 years since it was granted independence – to 1…
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Returning to centre stage

Fiscal policy in the recovery

Fiscal policy has returned centre stage during the Covid-19 pandemic. But as countries begin to recovery from the crisis, they are taking different approaches to the scale of fiscal expansion…
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Fiscal multi-tasking

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Multi-tasking can be hard. Ask any parent that survived lockdown by combining work with something resembling home schooling. But it’s also a fact of life, so the trick is to…
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Unhealthy finances

How to support the economy today and repair the public finances tomorrow

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This report provides analysis of the dual challenges faced by the government: ensuring that there is sufficient fiscal support through the crisis and recovery, and setting fiscal policy on a…
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