{"id":304186,"date":"2026-02-27T02:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304186\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:58:08","slug":"tell-us-how-are-your-finances-looking-ahead-of-the-spring-forecast-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/304186\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell us: how are your finances looking ahead of the spring forecast? | Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Next Tuesday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/feb\/20\/brighter-uk-economy-rachel-reeves-march-spring-statement\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">update the country on the state of the economy<\/a> when the spring forecast is delivered to parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The government is not expected to make major announcements on taxes and spending but will include the latest forecasts for growth, details of the UK\u2019s financial position and hint at the changes we might expect in future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">We would like to hear from you. How are you feeling about your finances right now and has anything improved or worsened over the past year?<\/p>\n<p>Share your experience<\/p>\n<p>You can tell us about your financial situation using this form.<\/p>\n<p>Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tips guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> How are you feeling about your finances right now and has anything improved or worsened over the past year? <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>If you are happy to, please upload a photo of yourself here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-14g8jkp\">Please note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB.<\/p>\n<p>Choose file<\/p>\n<p>Can we publish your response? <\/p>\n<p>You can add more information here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-t4ab9u\">If you include other people&#8217;s names please ask them first.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in speaking to our audio and\/or video teams? <\/p>\n<p>By submitting your response, you are agreeing to share your details with us for this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Submit<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">If you\u2019re having trouble using the form click here. Read terms of service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/terms-of-service\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and privacy policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next Tuesday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will update the country on the state of the economy when the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-304186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}