China’s economy can do without a fiscal stimulus

Market speculation that China’s government is lining up a big fiscal package is likely to prove unfounded. With the economy still in good shape, there is no immediate need for a stimulus. Nonetheless, fiscal policy does have an important role to play over the next few years in smoothing China’s transition to more consumption-centred growth.

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