Most Asian economies have either seen their current account surpluses decline or their deficits increase in recent quarters, which has raised fears that the region is vulnerable to a balance of payments crisis. We think these concerns are overdone. Asia’s fundamentals are much stronger today than they were ahead of the Asian Financial Crisis of the late-1990s.
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