The fiscal deficit across China’s two main budgets expanded almost 40% y/y over the past three months. This isn’t sustainable, and the pace of fiscal loosening will almost certainly slow over the coming year. But dovish remarks from the Ministry of Finance suggest that fiscal policy will remain accommodative.
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