John Authers, Columnist

China's Inflation Could Be the World's Problem

How the country deals with surging input costs will have far-reaching implications for global growth and prices.

June 2, 2021 at 4:02 AM UTC

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.”

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As the start of the month brings its usual deluge of data, it may be best to look first to the East. China has an inflation issue of its own, and it could drive the rest of the world.