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03/29/2006:

"East Asian economies must prepare for possible sharp US dollar slide"

TOKYO (AFX) - With the US trade deficit at a record high and global interest rates rising, East Asian economies need to be prepared for a possible sharp slump in the value of the dollar, the Asian Development Bank warned here.

'Any shock hitting the US economy or the global market may change investors' perceptions given the existing global current account imbalance,' Masahiro Kawai, the ADB's head of regional economic integration, told reporters on a trip here. The ADB's headquarters are in Manila.

'Our suggestion to Asian countries is: don't take this continuous financing of the US current account deficit as given. If something happens then East Asian economies have to be prepared,' he said.
forbes.com