What had caused the Asian economic crisis in the first place? The problem began with financial intermediaries - institutions whose liabilities were perceived as having an implicit government guarantee, but were essentially unregulated and therefore subject to harsh ethical risk problems. The excessive risky lending of these institutions created inflation a

By November, interest rates were seen to drop favorably because of lower T-bill yields. The government had announced a program to stabilize local interest rates by financing its budget deficit through increased foreign borrowings. The government has vowed to bring down T-bill rates and force banks to invest their excess funds in more productive activities. Also, T-bill rates had dropped due to the peso's surge in value.

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