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Instead, Hammond focused on keeping the ship level as Britain sails toward the choppy waters of Brexit.
Hammond's biggest announcement was a new £23 billion fund to invest in technology, housing, and transport infrastructure, along with an increasing in infrastructure from 0.8% of GDP now to around 1-1.2% of GDP.
The Autumn Statement - which will be the last, following Hammond's announcement that the Budget will now be held in the autumn - was the government's first major update on economic policy since Britain voted for Brexit.
A major economic update means one thing - charts galore. We've pulled together some of the charts that caught our eye after Hammond's first, and last Autumn Statement. Many are taken from the Office for Budget Responsibility's Executive Summary of its latest forecasts.
Check them out below.