Economics

Everyone Backs Budget Spending Except People Who Control Budgets

  • Central banks, IMF urge fiscal support for shaky world economy
  • But governments mostly haven’t been racing to the rescue
Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg
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Governments are failing to heed the pleas of their central bankers for more spending to support a slowing world economy.