IW Podcast: Budget special with Hermes' chief economist Williams

Anna Fedorova
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In the latest monthly Investment Week podcast, Hermes' chief economist Neil Williams talks about the 2016 Budget, the threat of a Brexit and the implications for the UK economy.

Listen to Williams' (pictured) views on whether the UK's rating may be in danger in the event of a Brexit and how plausible the Chancellor's plan to return to a budget surplus by 2019/20 looks in the current conditions. At the end of the podcast, Investment Week's Laura Dew discusses the top headlines that have been hitting the news over the past month.

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