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Time to rebuild fiscal buffer to weather global slowdowns

​Countries should take advantage of the cheap oil prices to put their fiscal house in order to tackle the slowing world economy, the World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said Wednesday, cautioning that many countries would fall short of fiscal ammunition if hit by a deeper crisis.

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Time to rebuild fiscal buffer to weather global slowdowns: World Bank chief economist

​Countries should take advantage of the cheap oil prices to put their fiscal house in order to tackle the slowing world economy, the World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said Wednesday, cautioning that many countries would fall short of fiscal ammunition if hit by a deeper crisis.

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Global economy in unsure takeoff: World Bank chief economist

Global economic outlook is gloomier than six months ago, and there are a couple of dangerous signs that the economy could stall once again, the World Bank's chief economist Kaushik Basu told Xinhua in an interview on Wednesday.