George Osborne will deliver his fourth budget next week amid dire growth figures and a recent downgrade from the Moody's ratings agency. Some commentators are already speculating that, unless he changes tack, this budget could be his last as chancellor.
With nothing down the back of the Treasury sofa and wary of pulling any rabbits from his hat after last year's "omnishambles" fiasco, the smart money is on a boring budget from Osborne that aims to stay out of the news. More interesting could be the forthcoming spending review, and the leeway he allows his new governor at the Bank of England.
In the studio this week to crunch through all of this are the Guardian's economics editor Larry Elliott; Duncan Weldon senior economist at the TUC; and Andrew Lilico, chairman of Europe Economics.
Also this week: David Cameron faces further attempts on his authority from around his cabinet table as Theresa May and Michael Gove appear to be positioning themselves for a future leadership bid.
Plus: we hear from our Latin America correspondent Jonathan Watts on the one-sided referendum in the Falkland Islands: only three islanders voted against remaining British.
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