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How much is fiscal policy supporting activity?

With lingering pandemic and energy support measures coming to a close and governments returning one eye to previous fiscal targets, fiscal policy will tighten a little in advanced economies over the coming years. This will contribute to slower growth. But since budget deficits seem set to remain larger than before the pandemic, fiscal policy will still be relatively supportive, making central banks’ jobs of returning inflation to targets more challenging.

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