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Title	By	Publisher	Published
Testing Resilience Report · 27pp The evolving conflict in the Middle East has human and economic costs for the countries directly involved, and will test … Fiscal Policy	OECD	OECD	26 Mar 2026	View
Economic and fiscal outlook 2026 Report · 131pp This Economic and fiscal outlook (EFO) sets out our central forecast and the uncertainties that surround it for the five … Fiscal Policy	OBR	OBR	4 Mar 2026
From fiscal rules to fiscal traffic lights: rethinking the UK fiscal framework PDF · 72pp The central contention of this report is that the UK fiscal framework has some desirable features but is not delivering … Fiscal Policy	IFS	IFS	24 Feb 2026	View
Unsung Britain-A portrait of the country's poorer half Research Paper · 202pp This book, however, examines how this petering out of progress has played out among working-age families in the lower half … Poverty	Resolution Foundation	Resolution Foundation	10 Feb 2026	View
UK Poverty 2026 PDF · 221pp The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK Child Poverty Poverty	JRF	JRF	27 Jan 2026	View
Proposals for Reforms to the Debt Management Office’s Financing Remit PDF · 18pp This paper sets out proposals for changes to the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) financing remit. It places these proposals in … Money Creation	Neil Wilson	Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies	15 Oct 2025	View
Fiscal risks and sustainability July 2025 PDF · 152pp The UK’s public finances have emerged from a series of major global economic shocks in a relatively vulnerable position. At … Fiscal Policy	OBR	OBR	1 Jul 2025	View
How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer PDF · 40pp In this chapter, we examine the existing legal, institutional and policy framework which governs the UK Exchequer and show how … Money Creation	Andrew Berkeley, Neil Wilson, Richard Tye	Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies	17 Jun 2025
The self-financing state: an institutional analysis of government expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance operations in the United Kingdom PDF · 35pp This paper provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK Government’s expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance processes. We … Money Creation	Andrew Berkeley, Asker Voldsgaard, Josh Ryan-Collins, Neil Wilson, Richard Tye	Journal of Economic Issues	15 Jan 2024
Understanding the central bank balance sheet Research Paper · 26pp The central bank’s balance sheet plays a critical role in the functioning of the economy. The main liabilities of the … Central Bank Operations Money Creation	Bank of England	Bank of England	2 Mar 2015	View
Money creation in the modern economy PDF · 14pp This article explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans. Money Creation	Bank of England	Bank of England	1 Mar 2014	View
How to Pay for the War Book · 94pp Fiscal Policy	John Maynard Keynes	Macmillan and Co.	26 Feb 1940	View