Since Tuesday’s election, financial markets have been buoyed by hopes that Donald Trump will unleash a huge fiscal stimulus. We think a significantly higher US budget deficit is now likely, which may provide a boost to growth and inflation in the US itself. However, it would do little for the rest of the world unless other governments follow suit. That may well happen eventually, but it is still some way off.
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