Asian markets tumble and the pound slumps as Britain's economic plan startles investors.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The government contends that reducing taxes will encourage more investment and that the benefits will flow through the economy.
47% : Ms. Truss's government now says that igniting growth by lowering taxes and cutting regulation is its central mission, even if that means courting unpopularity; it will also, for example, lift the cap on the bonuses that can be offered to bankers.
44% : Against that fraught backdrop, the new chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, abandoned a proposed rise in corporate taxation and, in a surprise move, also abolished the top rate of 45 percent of income tax applied to those earning more than 150,000 pounds, or about $164,000, a year.
42% : He also cut the basic rate for lower earners and cut taxes on house purchases.
41% : Yet the government is trying to fire up the economy, for example by stoking the housing market and by widely cutting taxes, a combination that could fuel higher inflation.

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