Take Japan's triumphant Sanae Takaichi at her word

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : She has also endorsed a return to the sprawling fiscal stimulus of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hypothetically enabling Japan to spend its way to growth robust enough to overcome any concerns over growing debt or new gaps in the tax base.
51% : Takaichi's election promise to suspend Japan's 8% sales tax on food will probably boost inflation.
51% : The arch-conservative leader has pledged to suspend an 8% sales tax on food, called for a return to the large-scale fiscal stimulus deployed by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said she wants to revise Japan's pacifist constitution.
48% : Expectations of higher government spending have driven yields on long-dated Japanese government bonds to record highs and weakened the yen more than 6% against the dollar since Takaichi became LDP leader in October.
41% : But Takaichi's stated ambitions to revitalise the heavily indebted $4 trillion economy show she needs no excuse to push government spending through the roof, auguring more turmoil for markets.

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