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Deflation prompts rethink.

From: Business Asia  |  Date: 8/17/1998  |  Author: Hubbard, Richard

Government policy makers across Asia are changing direction and are set to revitalise infrastructure projects as a new threat emerges to their already embattled economies -- the prospect serious deflation.

Since mid-year the authorities have been loosening the tight monetary policy screws in place since the peak of the Asian crisis, and making plans to boost government spending to try to head it off.

In taking this new direction, analysts say, governments have been given a ...

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