Growth and Inflation

HC Deb 10 December 1997 vol 302 c560W

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the risks to the economic outlook for growth and inflation, as set out in the "Pre-Budget Report". [19934]

Mrs. Liddell

As an indication of the degree of uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook, table A3 of the Pre-Budget Report includes average errors in autumn forecasts over the past ten years.