Yeh Wan-an, a consultant to the Council for Economic Planning and Development, points out that the economy of the United States--the biggest in the world--began to recover just over a year ago. The unemployment rate in the States fell to 6.2 % in 1994. Also, according to a report released in September by Switzerland's IMD International, the United States finally won back the top spot for productivity from Japan.
經建會顧問葉萬安指出，世界經濟的龍頭老大﹘﹘美國經濟在一年多以前逐漸復甦，單以最牽動人心的失業率來說，九四年已下降到六．二％；再以九月瑞士國際管理發展學院（IMD INTERNATIONAL）發佈的全球競爭力調查，美國也擊敗日本，奪回睽違已久的冠軍寶座。