由于亚洲国家去年第四季度对美国和日本的出口形势好转,而且全球对电子产品和电脑芯片的需求增加,令经济学家对除日本以外亚洲主要经济体2006年的展望更为乐观。虽然有些经济体的增长步伐可能慢于去年,但除台湾地区和马来西亚外,经济学家目前对亚洲其他经济体的增长率预估值均高于去年10月调查时的预期。经济增长前景改善可能将抵消油价上涨和美元可能走软给亚洲经济带来的风 With the improvement in the Asian countries’ exports to the United States and Japan in the fourth quarter of last year, and the increasing global demand for electronic products and computer chips, economists are more optimistic about the outlook for 2006 for major economies outside Asia except in Japan. Although growth in some economies may be slower than last year, economists in both Taiwan and Malaysia currently forecast higher growth rates for the rest of Asia than they did at the October survey last year. The improvement in economic growth may offset the rise in oil prices and the possibility that the U.S. dollar may weaken the Asian economy