For the past several years, the aura created by the high growth in the four Southeast Asian Tigers had diverted attention from problems such as high foreign debt, large trade deficits, budget deficits and flagging productivity. Thus exchange rate adjustments for their currencies were in fact predictable.
近幾年來，東南亞四小虎在高成長的亮麗外表下，潛藏著高外債、高額貿易赤字、財政赤字，及生產力不振等危機，幣值撐不住隱然有跡可循。