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Darling: rosy economic outlook

Updated on 12 March 2008

By Faisal Islam

Despite the current credit squeeze this is a budget predicated on a somewhat rosy view of the global economy.

Alistair Darling has predicted future growth at 2.75 per cent. But are the chancellor's forecasts right - and what's the effect on the public finances, if not?

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