事实上，要不是中国从2008年开始实施了两年的刺激计划，提振了投资需求从而延缓了世界大宗商品价格的下跌之势，全球通缩压力的影响将出现得更早。
Indeed, global deflationary pressure would have emerged much sooner had China not launched its two-year stimulus plan in 2008, which boosted investment demand and thus delayed the fall in world commodity prices.