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To: Worswick who wrote (3939)	5/28/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Hello Buddy, got this table the other day: - just FYI ----------------------------- TABLE- German banks lead in E.Europe lending-BIS Reuters Story - May 24, 1998 15:01 ÿÿÿ BASLE, Switzerland, May 24 (Reuters) - German banks led in terms of overall lending to Eastern Europe and Russia at the end of 1997, according to statistics to be published by the Bank for International Settlementsÿ (BIS) on Monday. ÿÿÿ The BIS did not provide updated comparison figures for the first half of 1997 in its latest report, which is also available on the BIS Internet site (http://www.bis.org). ÿÿÿ The comparisons for end-June 1997 are those released by the BIS in January and thus may be subject to revision when the final report is published. ÿÿÿ (in billions of U.S. dollars) Claimsÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Frenchÿÿ Germanÿÿÿ Japanÿÿÿ UKÿÿÿÿÿ U.S. vis-a-visÿÿÿÿÿ banksÿÿÿ banksÿÿÿÿ banksÿÿÿ banksÿÿ banks All countries mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 100.19ÿÿ 178.16ÿÿÿ 172.69ÿÿ 77.81ÿÿ 131.02 end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 119.95ÿÿ 190.46ÿÿÿ 163.44ÿÿ 94.76ÿÿ 126.83 Developing Countries mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 77.32ÿÿÿ 99.58ÿÿÿ 144.71ÿÿ 56.51ÿÿ 103.51 end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 92.43ÿÿ 105.37ÿÿÿ 135.63ÿÿ 63.46ÿÿ 102.83 Latin America mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 19.25ÿÿÿ 31.91ÿÿÿÿ 14.53ÿÿ 16.95ÿÿÿ 60.35 end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 25.01ÿÿÿ 36.64ÿÿÿÿ 14.71ÿÿ 21.50ÿÿÿ 63.35 ÿÿ Argentina ÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 3.18ÿÿÿÿ 7.62ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.60ÿÿÿ 2.72ÿÿÿ 10.09 ÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 5.47ÿÿÿÿ 8.58ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.61ÿÿÿ 6.12ÿÿÿ 10.53 ÿÿ Brazil ÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 6.40ÿÿÿÿ 8.54ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.92ÿÿÿ 4.54ÿÿÿ 16.19 ÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 8.63ÿÿÿ 10.71ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.98ÿÿÿ 4.56ÿÿÿ 15.80 ÿÿ Chile ÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 0.95ÿÿÿÿ 2.62ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.34ÿÿÿ 0.44ÿÿÿÿ 3.99 ÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 1.32ÿÿÿÿ 3.07ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.21ÿÿÿ 0.68ÿÿÿÿ 4.65 ÿÿ Colombia ÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 1.24ÿÿÿÿ 1.98ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.33ÿÿÿ 1.13ÿÿÿÿ 3.37 ÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 1.41ÿÿÿÿ 2.19ÿÿÿÿÿ 1.50ÿÿÿ 1.29ÿÿÿÿ 3.73 ÿÿ Mexico ÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 5.33ÿÿÿÿ 5.55ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.59ÿÿÿ 4.93ÿÿÿ 17.66 ÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿ 5.77ÿÿÿÿ 5.80ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.68ÿÿÿ 5.52ÿÿÿ 16.63 Eastern Europe mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 7.96ÿÿÿ 48.45ÿÿÿÿÿ 3.91ÿÿÿ 2.05ÿÿÿ 11.86 end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ 10.49ÿÿÿ 50.06ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.17ÿÿÿ 2.82ÿÿÿ 10.54 ÿÿÿ Russia ÿÿÿ mid-1997ÿÿÿÿÿ 4.89ÿÿÿ 29.88ÿÿÿÿÿ 0.80ÿÿÿ 0.58ÿÿÿÿ 7.55 ÿÿÿ end-1997ÿÿÿÿÿ 6.97ÿÿÿ 30.45ÿÿÿÿÿ 0.99ÿÿÿ 0.97ÿÿÿÿ 7.07