The Finance Ministry’s response to the coronavirus so far has been tepid and, unless it steps up, it risks turning the public health crisis into a humanitarian and banking crisis. We assume it will do a lot more. One issue is that further stimulus will further push up the public debt ratio, which is already high. But the risk of a public debt crisis is low, and policymakers have options to keep borrowing costs in check.
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