The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a rallying call to rich countries to increase public investment as the best way to encourage a strong economic recovery from the pandemic.
Advanced economies should not worry about debt, but instead take advantage of historically low borrowing costs to increase spend on infrastructure maintenance immediately, the IMF said in its Fiscal Monitor...
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