The International Monetary Fund does not normally respond to mere journalists. But its staff have explicitly rejected my arguments on the pace of fiscal consolidation in the UK. On one point – the need for a fiscal “plan B” – the IMF takes my side in the argument with the government. This is no small victory, not least because its latest report on the UK reads, in other respects, as if dictated to it by the Treasury.
国际货币基金组织(IMF)一般不会理会小小的新闻工作者。但该组织职员对我有关英国财政整顿步伐的观点进行了明确反驳。有一点——即有必要制定财政“B计划”——IMF和我站在了同一立场，与政府对立。这是一场不小的胜利，考虑到该组织有关英国的最新报告在其它方面读上去就像是英国财政部的口吻，这场胜利尤为珍贵。
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