Will Not Support Fiscal Tightening, Says Abhijit Banerjee Ahead Of Budget | Read

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Ahead of the upcoming Union budget, Nobel laureate Prof Abhijit Banerjee on Saturday said that he would not support "fiscal tightening right now." "Fiscal deficit has been breached by a huge margin already. In that sense, I do not think that it is a big deal to breach it more. I would not be supporting fiscal tightening right now," Mr Banerjee said at a press conference here.

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