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This is because the basic analysis is that an increase in the budget deficit provides a fiscal boost to aggregate demand.
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Today, any objective economist will tell you that, despite all of the monetary and fiscal stimulus, aggregate demand and economic activity has been minimally impacted.
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Government spending in Japan is out of control, and the aggregate fiscal deficit would be catastrophic if it weren't for the extremely high domestic savings rate.
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Both disasters prompted policy makers to ease monetary and fiscal conditions that fueled an expansion in the aggregate demand, especially a construction boom that boosted equity prices, especially shares of companies involved directly or indirectly in reconstruction.
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Under fixed exchange rates, governments should tighten fiscal policy when money floods in, in order to dampen aggregate demand.
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Martin, I will start with you and see if there are some strategies for boosting aggregate demand that would garner your support, knowing that you are obviously concerned about our long-term fiscal outlook.
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