Spain is reversing its fiscal stimulus by raising its main value-added tax rate next year.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

He added that there were some factors helping to keep the economy expanding, most notably the continuing economic stimulus measures and the fall in value of the pound.

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The OECD bureaucrats (who get tax-free salaries, by the way) endorsed Obamacare, supported the failed stimulus, and are big advocates of a value-added tax for America.

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Instead of focusing on aggregate demand replacement, policymakers should view government stimulus spending from an economic return perspective that focuses on the potential value created by government spending versus the potential value created by private spending.

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What is the value of the goods and services produced by the new government stimulus spending?

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Wall Street seemed to be reacting to news of new stimulus measures from China, whose growing economy had been sucking in raw materials and high-value-added manufactured goods from around the world in recent years.

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In September, he put in place capital controls and fixed the value of the Malaysian dollar, thus hoping to shield the currency from the ill effects of further stimulus.

ECONOMIST: Malaysia