2020
Pandemic borrowing changed the fiscal baseline almost everywhere. The emergency response period is now the key comparison point for any later debt analysis.
- Pandemic fiscal shock
- Emergency borrowing
- Historic sovereign expansion
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Pandemic borrowing changed the fiscal baseline almost everywhere. The emergency response period is now the key comparison point for any later debt analysis.
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