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Rich countries work on financial taps. On Friday, Donald Trump is scheduled to finally sign his “big and beautiful bill” in the law. It is estimated that the legislation legislation will add more than 3 Triots to the US deficit over the next decade. On Thursday in Japan – where the volume of public debt increases twice and a half of its economy – the parties began campaigns for elections in the Supreme House of Representatives, which are with cash bulletins and lower sales taxes. Just a few weeks ago, NATO members – with the exception of Spain – agreed to collect investments in defense from 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent by 2035. The large debts that were already built in Covid’s pandemic are no longer important.

While defensive spending is necessary, the financial gift stores troubles. The new borrowing is made at high interest rates. It impedes economic growth, which would eat debt burden, commercial wars and global certainty. Residents applying to apply for future productivity growth are appointed, and they will add to pension bills and health care. Many advanced economies will need to reduce their inability to get the height of debt tracks in light of reliably controlling. But a few of them go in the opposite direction.

Politicians seem unable to make the necessary cuts. In the United States, it has not reached the alleged government efficiency-a reasonable idea, which has been implemented badly so far-anywhere near its goal of annually per year. Trump’s bill reduces support for health insurance for the poor, but future departments will find this difficult. In France, the government is seeking to obtain billions of euros in savings to reduce its high deficit, however, the divided parliament in the country has struggled to agree on the place where the cuts must fall. in Last weeksThe British Labor Government reflected 6.25 billion pounds in the planned cuts to the advantages after a fuss from the voters and its deputies.

Development measures can be reduced from debt pressure by raising future tax revenues. Trump to reduce taxes It provides generous incentives for investment, but it also uses money for the tricks of the campaign, including the tax cuts of the wealthy. Independent predictors are skeptical that the draft law will raise long -term growth. The White House argues that the customs tariff will bring revenues, but it will also make commercial activity. Economists also believe that the new obligatory spending obligations by the advanced economies about defense will only do little to enhance the basic growth rates, unless the money is directed more to research and development.

Not all countries are in the same boat. After years of living, Germany had a financial preparation room to alleviate its borrowing restrictions this year. last month Budget project Reasonable money to reform the country’s dilapidated infrastructure, which must increase its growth capabilities. However, a lot depends on how to implement construction projects. This is anxiety about the recent expansion in Britain to invest in public capital as well.

Public debt ratio to gross domestic product through everything Advanced economies It is about 110 percent, height. Governments will sooner or later have to face music. At the present time, it seems that today’s leaders hope that everyone who follows them will do hard work. Meanwhile, investors will demand higher lending installments for governments, especially since central banks are back away from the purchase of government bonds. This means that the debt payment will eat an increasing share of the power of public fire.

The easy part of the ruling is to spend money. It is extremely difficult to reduce costs and design to increase growth. But the task of politicians is to make difficult choices. The piles of increased debt make it more important. If they do not take the task seriously, the bond markets will.