Yesterday's budget left us none the wiser about how policymakers plan to manage the abrupt halt in off-budget financing that new rules are imposing on local governments this year. There could be some short-lived disruption to spending as a result. But Premier Li and Finance Minister Lou are not China's Thelma and Louise: they would relax the new rules rather than drive the economy off a fiscal cliff.
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