OBR plays down credit rating damage

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The Treasury's independent economic forecaster has played down the likely damage from any downgrade of Britain's cherished AAA credit rating.


Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), suggested the loss of the triple-A rating would not necessarily affect the public finances if it simply reflected already-available data.
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