🧮 With a long gap between the General Election and Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget, recent data measuring consumer and business confidence is showing a slight wobble. In this week's podcast, James Sproule and Daniel Mahoney unpack what the Bank of England's interest rate-hold as well as confidence surveys say about the outlook for the UK economy. And if extra long-term economic projections are your thing, James takes a look at the Office for Budget Responsibility's Fiscal Risks and Sustainability report - which looks ahead at the next 50 years. Listen and subscribe on your favourite podcast app. 💡 Read our most recent Global Macro Forecast.