
The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.
As the OBR comes up with its forecast, which will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the Spring Forecast, one of the concerns may be that it tells her that she is not meeting her fiscal targets. That will require some action.
Helping Paul explore this are Andy King and Gerard Lyons. Andy previously worked at the OBR and is now a Specialist Partner at Flint Global. Gerard has spent over thirty years in senior roles in the City and in public policy. He is currently Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth.
Authors

Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.
Participants

Gerard Lyons

Andy King
Podcast details
- DOI
- 10.1920/pd.ifs.2025.0002
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Johnson, P. (2025). How important is the OBR forecast? [Podcast] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/how-important-obr-forecast (accessed: 22 March 2025).
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