China heads into deflation

The World

While most of the globe’s economies are suffering from the effects of inflation, China’s economy is charting a different course. It’s suffering from deflation. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about the effects of deflation on China’s economy and what it means for the rest of the world’s economies. 

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