Challenges for Gordon Brown

Published on 29 November 2004

This article was published in BBC News Online on 29th November 2004.

When Gordon Brown delivers his Pre-Budget Report on Thursday, he is likely to take a moment or two to remind us - however subtly - that the economy is now embarked on its fiftieth successive quarter of growth.

But although sustaining this remarkable period of stability is a genuinely impressive achievement, the state of the public finances may probably attract a bit more attention.

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    10.1920/co.ifs.2024.1042
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    Chote, R. (2004). Challenges for Gordon Brown [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/challenges-gordon-brown (accessed: 19 June 2025).

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