亚洲开发银行预计东亚和东南亚地区的发展国家(不包括中国)今年经济将平均缩减35％,这是它们自二战以来经济状况最差的一年。其中受这场危机影响最严重的东南亚国家预计经济将平均缩减6.9％。在东南亚和东亚,生产的下降在印度尼西亚超过12％,在韩国和泰国超过6％～8％,在香港超过2％。经过1998年的动荡,亚洲国家的经济正在趋向稳定。1999年亚洲地区的经济将有 The Asian Development Bank expects the developing countries in East and South-East Asia (excluding China) to reduce their economy by an average of 35% this year, the worst economic year since World War II. Among the Southeast Asian countries most affected by the crisis, the economy is expected to have an average reduction of 6.9%. In Southeast Asia and East Asia, the decline in production exceeds 12% in Indonesia, more than 6% to 8% in South Korea and Thailand and more than 2% in Hong Kong. After the turmoil of 1998, the economies of Asian countries are becoming more stable. The economy in Asia will have its place in 1999