THE BUDGET
Your budget is well
received – add 2
points to the SRGI

Take a
Change Card
Your welfare
spending cuts
come into effect –
deduct 1 point from
the SRGI
Cuts to income
tax boost
disposable
income - add 1
point to the SRGI
Overseas banks
target UK
customers deduct 1 point
from the SRGI
Cutting edge UK
technology firms
report high profits
- add 1 point to
the SRGI
UK holidaymakers
flock to foreign
destinations deduct 1 point
from the SRGI
The Bank of
England reduces
UK interest rates add 1 point to the
SRGI
A steep fall in share
prices is a blow to
business confidence
- deduct 1 point from
the SRGI
Take a Change
Card
Take a Change
Card
The Bank of
England uses QE to
purchase more
assets - add 1 point
to the SRGI
Uncertain
economic outlook
– move back two
spaces
Take a Change
Card
Foreign Direct
Investment in the
UK increases add 1 point to the
SRGI
Bad weather in
the UK causes a
fall in foreign
tourist numbers deduct 1 point
from the SRGI
The Bank of
England raises UK
interest rates deduct 1 point from
the SRGI
There is an
unexpected surplus
on the Balance of
Payments Current
Account - add 1
point to the SRGI
A fall in EU
interest rates
causes investors
to switch to the
UK - add 1 point
to the SRGI
Manufacturing firms
report falls in
investment - deduct
1 point
Industrial output
falls - deduct 1
point from the
SRGI
Industrial output
increases - add 1
point to the SRGI
CBI reports heavy
investment in new
technology - add 1
point to the SRGI
Change Cards
Cutbacks in defence
reduce government
spending - deduct 1
point from the SRGI
Consumer
spending falls deduct 1 point
from the SRGI
Retailers report a
rise in spending add 1 point to the
SRGI
Your new
infrastructure
programme
begins - add 1
point to the SRGI
Take a Change
Card
Take a Change
Card
Positive economic
outlook – move
forward two spaces
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Take a
Change Card
A new survey
reports a fall in
consumer
confidence - deduct
1 point from the
SRGI
Planned increase
in state pensions
takes effect - add
1 point to the
SRGI
An increase in
VAT leads to a fall
in high street
sales - deduct 1
point from the
SRGI
UK financial
services voted
“world’s best” add 1 point to the
SRGI
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Overseas
manufacturers
develop new low
cost processes deduct 1 point
from the SRGI
Interest in the
Royal Family
boosts foreign
tourism - add 1
point to the SRGI
UK investors move
funds to the EU
following a rise in
interest rates deduct 1 point from
the SRGI
Take a Change
Card
Your Autumn
Statement is well
received – add 2
points to the SRGI
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