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The immediate fiscal consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are likely to be greater than those of the financial crisis in 2008–09. This reflects both the damage to the economy from containment measures and the cost of government policies to support incomes. But with gilt yields close to record lows and demand for UK government debt bolstered by BoE purchases, the interest cost of a temporary surge in the deficit should be modest.
