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Public sector finances, UK: November 2025
Borrowing - the difference between total public sector spending and income - was £11.7 billion in November 2025; this was £1.9 billion (or 14.0%) less than November 2024 and the lowest November borrowing since 2021 (not adjusted for inflation). Borrowing in the financial year to November 2025 was £132.3 billion; this was £10.0 billion (or 8.2%) more than in the same eight-month period of 2024 and the second-highest April to November borrowing on record (not adjusted for inflation), after that of 2020. Borrowing in the financial year to November 2025 was provisionally estimated at 4.4% of gross domestic product ... (full story)
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Decision at the December 2025 MPM It is highly likely that the mechanism in which both wages and prices rise moderately will be maintained. • The likelihood of realizing the baseline scenario that underlying CPI inflation will be at a level that is generally consistent with the price stability target of 2 percent in the second half of the projection period of the October 2025 Outlook Report has been rising. • While uncertainties remain, they have declined. • It is highly likely that firms will continue to raise wages steadily next year, following the solid wage increases this year. • The risk of firms' active wage-setting behavior being interrupted is low. BOJ: JAPAN'S REAL RATE IS AT SIGNIFICANTLY LOW LEVEL BOJ: TO RAISE RATES IN LINE WITH ECONOMIC, PRICE IMPROVEMENT BOJ: ACCOMMODATIVE CONDITIONS TO KEEP SUPPORTING ECONOMY
