Economics

The Potential $1.5 Trillion Stimulus Plan Investors Are Missing

A vendor holds a pole that supports the awnings of his market stall as a train travels through the Maeklong Railway Market in Samut Songkram, Thailand.

Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg
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Global governments need to deploy Plan B to revive a lackluster world economy.

Reluctant to spend their way out of trouble even with rock-bottom borrowing costs and with central banks warning easy money can’t power expansion alone, political leaders may soon give up on demand and try to spur supply.