For the ASEAN-5, current-account deficits averaging 4% of GDP in 1996-97 swung dramatically into average surpluses of 6.8% of GDP in 1998-99. A similar transformation occurred in South Korea, where a 2.8% current-account deficit in 1996-1997 became an 8.6% surplus in 1998-1999.
而在这些项目实施之后，各国的经常账户收支——所谓东亚增长奇迹的阿喀琉斯之踵——随之从逆差转为顺差。在东盟五国方面，1996~1997年度平均相当于GDP4%的经常账户逆差戏剧性地逆转为1998~1999年度的6.8%顺差。而韩国也实现了类似的转变，从1996~1997年度相当于GDP的2.8%经常账户逆差变成1998~1999年度的8.6%顺差