Economics

U.K. Government Economic Growth Targets Called Into Question

  • Niesr think tank publishes analysis ahead of March 11 budget
  • Proposed fiscal change unlikely to boost productivity, growth
Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid’s ambition to lift U.K. economic growth toward its post-war average of almost 3% a year is “quite unrealistic.”