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Archive for April, 2009

IMF now predicting twice as big a recession for Taiwan in 2009.

It’s good to see the IMF are gradually catching up with this blog ^_^
From the Taipei Times:
In January 2009, the IMF predicted a 4% drop in Taiwan’s GDP in 2009.
Now, in April 2009, the IMF has just predicted a much worse drop of 7.5% in Taiwan’s GDP in 2009.
That’s a pretty big difference in just [...]

Singapore in deep trouble – just like Taiwan.

You may be wondering if my claims about Taiwan’s economy falling into a deep, dark hole are just hyperbole.
Take a look at this and this!
Singapore’s economy shrank by 20% in the 3 months at the start of 2009, compared to the previous 3-month period; and it fell 11.5% year on year comapred with last year. [...]

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