Convergingworld各国财政政策趋向于一致.docxVIP

Buttonwood梧桐树Converging world趋同的世界Countries’ fiscal policies are becoming more similar各国财政政策正变得愈发相似ALL around the developed world politicians are struggling to figure out the best way of balancing their budgets, at least over the medium term. But is it easier to get spending down or taxes up?所有发达国家的政客们都在试图找出至少能在中期内平衡预算的最佳方法。但是，削减开支或提高税收就相对容易吗？The charts show the recent record on tax and spending for America, the euro zone and the OECD as a whole. The spending numbers are slightly more variable and consistently higher than the tax take. Both tax and spending are subject to cyclic