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Will Abe's fiscal consolidation work?

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Oct 19, 2013
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When Shinzo Abe was first elected to be prime minister of Japan, he promised to end deflation and kick-start growth. His methods, in the short-term, involved fiscal and monetary stimulus.

Now a daunting demand management challenge of sustaining good growth and achieving fiscal consolidation confronts the Japanese government. Abe has already made a major …

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