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Trying to overcome deflation in Japan

Geoff Riley

1st December 2010

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The BBC’s Hugh Pym has been in Japan to understand better the deep problems facing a country that has been struggling with persistent deflation, slow growth and rising unemployment for many years. There is a link below to an excellent video piece which focuses on the challenges facing Japan given a rapidly ageing population. Here is the written article.

Japan grapples with deflation and demographics

What do 20 years of economic stagnation look like? (Aditya Chakrabortty writing in the Guardian)

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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