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Fiscal danger of interest on reserves overblown, Future of payments

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Fiscal danger of interest on reserves overblown, Future of payments

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Tuesday 8 December 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.50.2 a

Commentary: Fiscal danger of interest on reserves overblown

By Danae Kyriakopoulou, Pierre Ortlieb and Chris Papadopoullos in London

The UK Treasury’s plans for continued higher spending in response to the Covid-19 crisis have sparked fears about debt sustainability. The OBR has remarked that greater UK debt levels make public finances more vulnerable to interest rate increases. A cause of larger interest rate sensitivity was the payment of interest on reserves kept at the BoE. Fears that this poses a threat to the UK’s fiscal position are overblown.

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