The temptation to finance all spending through debt must be resisted

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The writer is the first deputy managing director of the IMF

There has been much focus on monetary policy in the aftermath of the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, and justifiably so. But if recent turbulence in bond markets is any signal, the winds are shifting. This calls for a renewed focus on fiscal policy, and with it,…