Government faces new pressures as extra budget proceeds

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • The government faces pressure from ruling and opposition lawmakers and the financial markets as the work on a supplemental budget advances.
  • Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae now must find an approach that contains inflation without harming demand, while also avoiding an increase in bond yields by unsettling markets.

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