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The fallout from the fiscal bonanza

The large-scale fiscal stimulus announced last Friday has continued to reverberate in markets this week. We are revising up our end-2019 equity market forecasts to reflect the recent surge, though we still expect the rally to fade. Meanwhile, we expect the bond market to remain under pressure as it looks increasingly likely that the finance ministry will now miss this year’s budget deficit target.

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