Managing Financial Crises: The Experience in East Asia
June 1, 2000
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Summary
The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 was one of the most dramatic economic events of recent times, which raised many questions regarding the appropriate policy response to financial crises. This paper reviews the experience of this crisis, focusing on the overall strategy of crisis management and the way that strategy was implemented, including with regard to official and private financing, structural reforms, and monetary and fiscal policies.
Subject: Credit, Currencies, Exchange rates, Financial crises, Foreign exchange, Monetary policy, Monetary tightening, Money
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, broad money, Credit, credit crunch, Currencies, current account, East Asia, East Asian financial crisis, economic activity, Exchange rates, financial support, funding crisis, IMF, Monetary tightening, nominal exchange rate, short-term debt, WP
Pages:
66
Volume:
2000
DOI:
Issue:
107
Series:
Working Paper No. 2000/107
Stock No:
WPIEA1072000
ISBN:
9781451852974
ISSN:
1018-5941
