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How to pay for US tax cuts the next worry for Wall Street

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As the rah-rah sharemarket crowd on Wall Street pushed the Dow Jones to yet another record high, there was plenty of simmering disquiet on bond desks as their more conservative brethren identified one major problem with the latest round of US tax cuts: How to pay for them all?

The argy bargy really started a few months ago when the Trump administration got into a fight with the International Monetary Fund over its tax cuts, which were then tipped to increase the US budget deficit over the next 10 years by about $US2.2 trillion.

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Philip Baker writes on markets specialising in bonds, equity markets and currencies. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Phil is a markets columnist. Connect with Philip on Twitter. Email Philip at pbaker@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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