A year has passed since Japan’s government announced a huge fiscal stimulus. We argued at the time that the announcement would be followed by only a negligible increase in public spending. In fact, spending has fallen slightly since the announcement. Now though, with PM Abe on the ropes politically, a shift towards fiscal loosening is becoming more likely.
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