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@schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

China's Xi Jinping asked 'What’s so bad about deflation?' amid economic slowdown, report says

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China's Xi Jinping asked 'What’s so bad about deflation?' amid economic slowdown, report says

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"Don’t people like it when things are cheaper?" Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked his advisers.
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    While it’s good data to see, I’m always suspicious of celebrating the fact that people have gone from earning $2 per day to $5 per day as “eradicating poverty.”

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      You can check the real wages and purchasing power parity, moreover more than doubling earnings is a large feat.

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        Could you point out the purchasing power data? It’s a 93 page report and I don’t see any heading on that in the table of contents.

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          Line goes up.

          • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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            Line go up. But that appears to be a GDP graph, not a chart of purchasing power. Am I missing something?

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              This is adjusted for PPP, Purchasing Power Parity.

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