Asia fact file - Update: the latest trends and controversies - forecast real GDP growth - Brief Article

Business Asia, April, 2002

ASIA FACT FILE

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Forecast real GDP growth (% change)

Year Ended:           2002    2003    10yr ave
                                      (2002-12)

Australia              2.0     4.2       3.5
China                  7.5     8.2       7.0
Hong Kong              1.5     4.0       3.0
India                  5.8     6.0       6.5
Indonesia              3.0     3.9       4.0
Japan                 -1.5     0.0       2.2
Korea                  4.5     6.0       5.5
Malaysia               2.0     5.3       5.5
New Zealand            2.2     3.3       2.7
Philippines            3.0     3.5       5.1
Singapore              2.8     6.7       5.1
Taiwan                 1.2     4.8       5.2
Thailand               1.7     3.7       3.8
Vietnam                7.1     7.5       7.0
Total Asia Pacific     3.9     5.0       5.1

SOURCE: ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2001-2011,
A BIS SHRAPNEL STUDY.

SOURCE: CIA WORLD FACTBOOK