mpc: 13 In Japan, there had been little news on output growth. Elsewhere in Asia, growth had been
robust. The Committee concluded that it was too early to tell how far the emerging market economies
would be affected by slowing growth in the developed economies. There had been some weather-
related disruption in China, which should prove to be temporary, but rising inflationary pressures
indicated that growth there might need to slow somewhat.
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