China has long contributed to global growth in real personal income by dampening inflation with low-cost production.

长期以来，中国以低成本生产压低通胀，对全球实际个人收入增长做出了贡献。

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And the first recent signs of a softening dollar may mean that the euro turns out to be stronger in early 1999 than expected, further dampening growth.

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Tunisian investors wary of getting caught in this web preferred to forgo business ventures and instead bought property or stashed funds abroad, continued the cable, so dampening growth and helping to sustain high unemployment.

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Now here's the thing: it is very difficult to know how long this growth-dampening era of deleveraging will endure.

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