It seems to me this is a case where it is a deliberate strategy to create leverage.
Jeff Merkley: “It seems to me this is a case where it is a deliberate strategy to create leverage.”
On the recordNovember 26, 2018
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Merkley critiques China's debt strategy as intentional leverage creation.
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