Budget 2013: Gilt issuance to fall

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The government will issue less debt this year but increase the percentage of index-linked gilts it auctions at the expense of short-dated conventional gilts.

Budget documents show the government intends to issue £151bn of gilts this year compared with £167.7bn last year. The biggest reduction will be to short-dated conventional gilt issuance, which w...

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