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An independent forecast is designed to end what he regards as the Treasury's persistent habit over the past decade of underestimating government borrowing.
16 March: Budget George Osborne got lucky with the Office for Budget Responsibility's independent forecast in November, which allowed him to pay for a U-turn on tax credits cuts, but the forecast may not be so kind next time.
He said: "Thanks to the course we have set, the independent forecast was for our economy to grow in each of the next five years, for unemployment to peak this year and then fall and for employment to rise through this parliament.
The average independent forecast is also 1.4% for this year and 2.4% for 2014.
The latest Scottish Government report from August 2014 suggests long term growth may be 2.5 %, noting the average independent forecast for Scotland GDP growth in 2014 is also 2.5%%.
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Many independent forecasts are even more pessimistic.
I want independent forecasts to become the norm".
One of the advantages of the OBR is that we get independent forecasts, and independent explanations.
"Independent forecasts suggest that this will be over £10 an hour.
They have been consistently optimistic, but are now closer to independent forecasts.
They provide independent forecasts and analysis, and occasionally try to shame politicians into doing unpopular things.
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