Perhaps, but the FT's Chris Giles did confirm one clear implication of last week's policy change.

BBC: The Bank abandons a lot of hope

"I think at the moment it's too early to say if were going to have a recession in either the UK or continental Europe, " Chris Giles, economics editor of the Financial Times told CNN.

CNN: Recession fears stalk Davos meeting

If the FT's economics editor, Chris Giles, is right, the OBR is also likely to tell him (again) that the structural hole in the public finances is larger than previously thought, meaning even more austerity is required, well into the next parliament.

BBC: George Osborne chooses his words carefully