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CEWC promises fiscal expansion in 2025

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The Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) signaled a big expansion of fiscal spending is coming in 2025.
According to the readout from the meeting – which wrapped up Thursday – the budget deficit will increase next year, but it didn’t say by how much.

In 2024, the target budget deficit was 3%.

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