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If America sneezes (economically), does Asia still catch pneumonia?

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John Berthelsen
Aug 28, 2006
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China’s phenomenal growth has prompted talk over the last several years about “decoupling”—that Asia is more prepared to go it alone if the US economy slows. Now, with a growing number of economists predicting that the fabled American consumer is tired of laboring under his strapping debt load and a hard landing is around the corner for the US economy, …

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