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Raising our debt ceiling reflects badly on Treasury

The government’s move to convince parliament to allow it to borrow more - and specifically move away from the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)-based ceiling sounds tricky. The debate about the ceiling is more political than economic reality.

The reason why the Government wants to borrow sounds convincing. The most pronounced reason is to finance economic development, specifically infrastructure.

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