Public spending cuts and tax increases should be imposed immediately across the industrialised world as evidence of a healthy European recovery mounts, according to Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank.
In a strident article for the Financial Times, Mr Trichet argues that policymakers who want to prolong the stimulus are mistaken and that cutting borrowing would have “very limited” effects on growth.
The view from Europe's senior economic policymaker contrasts with continued US demands for fiscal tightening to be delayed at least until 2011 and suggests there is still little agreement over the best way to foster a strong global recovery.
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