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  • Economic and fiscal outlook
  • Fiscal sustainability report
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Other Publications

  • Briefing papers
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  • Annual Report
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Topics

  • Public finance forecasts
  • Monthly public finance data
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  • Long term sustainability
  • Policy costings
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Briefing papers

Briefing papers describe our work and explain the material we present.

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Briefing paper No.4: How we present uncertainty
28th June 2012
pdf, 232.76 kB

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Briefing paper No.4: Historical official forecasts database
28th June 2012
xls, 1.64 MB

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Briefing paper No. 3: Forecasting the economy
4th October 2011
pdf, 422.06 kB

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Briefing paper No. 2: Estimating the output gap
21st April 2011
pdf, 388.77 kB

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Briefing paper No.1: Forecasting the public finances
24th January 2011
pdf, 834.85 kB

Latest publications

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    Annual report and accounts 2012-13
    4th June 2013
    pdf, 600.26 kB
  • pdf
    Commentary on the public sector finances
    22nd May 2013
    pdf, 88.46 kB
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    New supplementary fiscal tables - Local Authority spending by country - March 2013
    22nd May 2013
    xls, 518 kB
  • pdf
    Lecture by Robert Chote: Britain's fiscal watchdog - a view from the kennel, May 2013
    9th May 2013
    pdf, 308.12 kB
  • pdf
    Commentary on the public sector finances release
    23rd April 2013
    pdf, 93.45 kB

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