Chile’s 2012 draft budget sets out a 5% increase in public spending with no offsetting rise in taxes. On first inspection we would caution that some of the assumptions look to be too optimistic. Nonetheless, Chile’s healthy balance sheet means that a moderate fiscal expansion is unlikely to store up any problems for the future, and may be a good thing in the context of near-term external weakness.
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