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To: Julius Wong who wrote (1485)	3/26/1998 11:49:00 AM
From: Imran	Respond to of 2951

Thanks a lot imran

To: Julius Wong who wrote (1485)	3/29/1998 8:54:00 PM
From: Julius Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2951

Dow Jones Newswires -- March 29, 1998 Comparative Asian Indicators: GDP Growth, Trade Balance AP-Dow Jones News Service COUNTRY GDP (% On Yr Unless Noted) TRADE BALANCE Australia +3.6 (4Q) -A$598M (Jan) Hong Kong +5.7% (3Q) +HK$1.2B (Jan) India +7.5 (Yr Ended March) -US$5.58B(Apr-Jan) Indonesia +5.7 (1997 Est) +US$$1.54B (Dec) Japan -0.2 (4Q Oct-Dec) +Y1.285T (Feb) Malaysia +6.9 (4Q) +MYR2.60B (Jan) a NZ +2.5% (3Q) -NZ$796.2M(Yr-Feb)a Philippines +5.1 (1997) -US$717.0M (Jan) Singapore +7.8 (1997) -S$12M (Feb) South Korea +3.9 (4Q) +US$3.35B (Feb) Taiwan +7.1 (4Q) +US$612.8M (Feb) Thailand -3 to -3.5% (1998 Est) +US$1.03B (Dec) a a. All Free On Board. COUNTRY CPI (% On Yr) PRIME RATE (avg unless noted) Australia -0.2 (4Q) 9.05% Hong Kong +4.7 (Feb) 10.25% India WPI +4.92 (Wk To March 14) 14.0% Indonesia +32 (Feb) 32.00% Japan +2.1 (Feb) 2.60% Malaysia +4.4 (Feb) 12.00% NZ +0.8 (4Q) 10.50% Philippines +7.4 (Feb) 16.398% Singapore +0.9 (Feb) 7.38% South Korea +8.3 (Jan) 18.5% Taiwan +0.28 (Feb) 8.10% Thailand +8.9 (Feb) 15.25% COUNTRY MAIN INDEX FRIDAY PREVIOUS END 1997 Australia All Ords 2762.7 (2781.1) 2616.5 Hong Kong Hang Seng 11735.50 (11757.88) 10722.76 India Sensitive 3908.60 (3891.75) 3758.98 Indonesia Composite 542.098 (532.812) 401.712 Japan Nikkei 16739.26 (16980.62) 15258.74 Malaysia Composite 727.62 (733.31) 594.44 NZ NZSE-40 2340.91 (2349.32) 2314.91 Philippines Composite 2301.66 (2310.37) 1869.23 Singapore STII 1653.93 (1651.64) 1529.84 South Korea Composite(Sat) 496.26 (503.08) 376.31 Taiwan Weighted 9095.83 (9014.17) 8187.27 Thailand SET 469.85 (470.67) 372.69 Return to top of page [Toolbar] Copyright c 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.