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Government tries to thread the needle on fiscal policy

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The government may have abandoned the GDP growth target (see previous entry), but it is still in economic support mode.
Government spending is set to ramp up:

“We will pursue a more proactive and impactful fiscal policy.”

The details:

The deficit-to-GDP ratio this year will be more than 3.6% – up...