Interest rates on bank loans to firms and households also fell slightly, though they ran the risk of increasing significantly had tensions not abated on the government securities market over the course of the year. The fiscal stance tries to strike a difficult balance between ensuring sustainable public finances and supporting the economy.
If the government did this, it would then need to set out all the relevant documents before both Houses of Parliament within 15 sitting days. So there would be a high level of transparency about what was going on. I want to point out that these provisions have never been used.