02382nam a2200361Ia 4500 0000002421 20251012174425.0 980904s1998 si b 000 0 eng d 0071157506 (hardcover) 0071157514 (pbk.) 9780071157506 (hardcover) 9780071157513 (pbk.) a------ HG3968 .H46 1998 332.4/56/095 21 Asia falling? making sense of the Asian currency crisis and its aftermath Callum Henderson. Singapore ; Sydney McGraw-Hill 1998. xxi, 303, [ccciv]-cccx 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. 1. The Objective - Growth at Any Price -- 2. The Hype - Emerging Market Fever -- 3. The Warning - Dollar-Yen Rebounds -- 4. The Precedent - Mexico -- 5. The Catalyst - Thailand -- 6. The Meltdown - One by One -- 7. The Aftermath - Recrimination -- 8. The Banker - Japan's Exposure -- 9. The Fundamentals - Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities -- 10. The Rescue - The IMF, Then Rubin, Then Soros -- 11. The Danger - China Unscathed or the Next Crisis? Veteran Asia-watcher Callum Henderson - Standard & Poor's senior authority on the Asian currency market and one of the few insiders to counsel caution during the heady boom days - delivers a first-hand examination of the political and economic events that led to Asia's currency crisis. Written with clarity and objectivity, and supported by fact-filled case studies of Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, this book goes beyond the hyperbole and the punditry to give investors an in-depth, country-by-country analysis of the crisis, and forecast the economic effects on the region; provide policy-level political analysis on governmental actions and reactions that led to Asia's ongoing currency crisis; and outline specific opportunities resulting from the Asian currency crisis and its consequent economic impact. Foreign exchange rates Asia. Asia Economic conditions. ASEAN Asia Asian financial crisis Economic conditions Exchange rates Foreign exchange markets International Monetary Fund Macroeconomic policy Overseas item 3165 3165 0 0 0 0 KEM KEM 2012-12-07 0 0000001839 2025-10-12 08:34:20 2025-10-12 OS