The main challenge facing Shehbaz Sharif, who today replaced Imran Khan as prime minister of Pakistan, is stabilising the economy. The key to achieving this is a deal with the IMF. The price for any further support will be a further tightening of fiscal and monetary policy. While this will cause growth to slow in the near term, it is also Pakistan’s best hope of a avoiding a full-blown crisis.
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