The fiscal stimulus package unveiled today will include much less fresh spending than the headline suggests. And the bulk of the spending will merely offset the unwinding of previous stimulus measures rather than result in a major fiscal expansion. Even so, the measures reduce the pressure on the Bank of Japan to ease policy and we reiterate our long-held view that the Bank will keep interest rates unchanged.
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