Economic Growth in East Asia

Relatively Stable Real Exchange Rate

(standard deviation of real exchange rate over 1960-1992)

Latin America		15.4
Sub-Sahara Africa	14.8
South Asia		12.9
East Asia		 9.4
Middle East		 8.7
Industrial Countries	 5.5

Regional figures are unweighted average of country figures. Figure for East Asia includes Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan/China, and Thailand.

SourceBosworth, Collins, and Chen, Table 8.