Every finance minister has a sacred but unenviable task: Manage a nation’s budget, with the country’s future at stake.
Fiscal sustainability has become a real problem in some countries, underscoring another important role for the finance minister, and that is to rein in public spending. But many fail on this score, and some governments have resorted to substantial borrowing to fund escalating expenditures.
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