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Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

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Christine Lagarde
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 1
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9th arrondissement
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Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette
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