德勤周三发布的一项调查显示，英国大型企业预计未来一年通胀和利率将上升，并日益专注于削减成本。此时距离财政大臣约翰·希利发布首份预算案还有两周。
Large British companies expect inflation and interest rates to rise over the next year and are focussing increasingly on cost-cutting, a survey published Deloitte showed on Wednesday, two weeks before finance minister John Healey's first budget.