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If you invest or trade in the equity markets, this is an article you ought to
take the time to read and think about. It presents the perceived strengths and weaknesses of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, seven other Asian countries, and Australia in an informative interactive graphic.
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The graphic provides data for each of the 13 countries (from here) on:
1.a) highest exports to European Union countries as a % of GDP
- Hong Kong: 19%
- Singapore: 15%
- Vietnam: 13%
- Malaysia: 9%
- Thailand: 7%
- Taiwan: 7%
b) lowest exports to EU as a % of GDP
- Australia: 1.4%
- Japan: 1.6%
- Indonesia: 2.4%
- Philippines: 2.9%
- India: 3.1%
- China: 4.9%
- South Korea: 5%
2. a) highest European bank claims as a % of GDP
- Hong Kong: 151%
- Singapore: 71%
- Malaysia: 20%
- Australia: 18%
- Taiwan 16%
- South Korea: 13%
- Vietnam: 9%
b) lowest European bank claims as a % of GDP
- China: 3.5%
- Indonesia: 4.9%
- Thailand: 6.5%
- Japan: 6.9%
- Philippines: 7.1%
3. a) highest foreign exchange reserves as a % of GDP
- Hong Kong: 118%
- Singapore: 94%
- Taiwan: 83%
- Thailand: 49%
- China: 45%
- Malaysia: 44%
b) lowest foreign exchange reserves as a % of GDP
- Australia: 2.6%
- Indonesia: 13%
- Vietnam: 14%
- India: 16%
- Japan: 21%
- South Korea: 28%
- Philippines: 30%
4. gross government debt estimates (see here).
You can read the commentary and conclusions drawn from the above statistics in the original article as posted on The Wall Street Journal blog here.
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