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Polygon joins BofE's Digital Pound Lab to test cross-border settlement

Polygon Labs has joined Nobo Finance and Dun & Bradstreet for phase two of the Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab, testing near-instant cross-border settlement.

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Fiscal discipline achieved – can growth be next?

The last fiscal year’s bottom-line numbers are promising. The consolidated deficit was reduced to 2.6 percent of GDP, the lowest since FY04. It is a long way from FY22 and FY23, when the deficit averaged 7.9 percent of GDP and the country was on the verge of default.

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