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It could be that the economy is running at a hotter rate, relative to its capacity, than the chancellor thinks.
ECONOMIST: The fiscal arithmetic
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The right-hand chart, from the World Bank's latest China Quarterly Update, shows GDP growth relative to its estimated potential growth rate if the economy operated at full capacity.
ECONOMIST: Economics focus
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For the government, judging the relative importance of sterling, domestic demand, and how close the economy is to capacity, will be unusually tricky.
ECONOMIST: The economy
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The relative scarcity of some element of the economy such as labor, manufacturing capacity or a vital commodity can trigger inflation without the economy being especially strong.
FORBES: Stagflation with a twist