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Министр финансов Великобритании Джон Хили готовит осторожный первый бюджет, чтобы сохранить доверие рынков на фоне войны в Иране, роста стоимости заимствований и бюджетных обязательств, которые оказывают давление на государственные финансы страны, сообщает Bloomberg в субботу.
Ожидается, что Хили отдаст предпочтение относительно скромным мерам в бюджете на 28.10, поскольку правительство премьер-министра Энди Бёрнема стремится избежать нервозности среди инвесторов и не повторять масштабного повышения налогов, введённого при бывшем министре финансов Рэйчел Ривз.
Министр финансов сделал бюджетную дисциплину приоритетом и настаивает на том, чтобы любые объявления о государственных расходах сопровождались указанием источников их финансирования.
Финансовое положение Великобритании ухудшилось с момента прихода Бёрнема к власти. Хили унаследовал резервный буфер в размере £23,6 млрд ($31,9 млрд) относительно правила о заимствованиях, однако рост расходов на обслуживание долга и новые бюджетные обязательства, по оценкам, сократили этот буфер примерно на £9 млрд.
Долгосрочные расходы по государственным займам оставались относительно стабильными с момента назначения Хили. Доходность 30-летних государственных облигаций Великобритании выросла примерно до 5,79% с 5,75%.
Среди обсуждаемых мер по увеличению доходов бюджета рассматривается повышение налогов на банки на фоне их высоких недавних прибылей.
Чиновники Министерства финансов также рассматривают возможность увеличения налогов на сверхприбыль компаний топливно-энергетического сектора после того, как BP (Нью-Йорк:BP) более чем удвоила прибыль в период с апреля по июнь на фоне высоких цен на нефть.
Хили также изучает, предоставляют ли действующие бюджетные правила Великобритании возможность для увеличения заимствований на инфраструктурные нужды, хотя чиновники опасаются спровоцировать негативную реакцию на рынке облигаций.
Правительство сталкивается и с другими серьёзными статьями расходов, включая социальное обеспечение и оборону. Планы по увеличению расходов на оборону до 3,5% валового внутреннего продукта, как ожидается, будут рассмотрены в рамках правительственного обзора расходов 2027 года, а не в октябрьском бюджете.
Хили пока публично не брал на себя обязательство довести расходы на оборону до 3% ВВП к 2030 году с нынешних примерно 2,6%. Достижение этого уровня потребует как минимум ещё £10 млрд.
Этот бюджет станет первым серьёзным финансовым испытанием для Хили с момента его назначения министром финансов и приходится на период, когда лейбористы стремятся закрепить недавнее восстановление рейтингов общественного доверия.
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