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Asia needs tougher monetary measures, says IMF
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN. Mar 23: Asian economies coming out of a debilitating recession must work to rein in budget deficits and tighten monetary policy, an International Monetary ’ Fund official said Thursday, reports AP.
Countries need to resist the urge to relax their efforts at financial sector reform as economic conditions improve, said Kunio Saito, the IMF's director for Asia and the Pacific.
Saito was talking to reporters after a meeting with central bank deputies gathered in Brunei's capital ahead of a weekend meeting of finance ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
"As the recovery proceeds it Is important to shift macreco-nomic policy to a more neutral stance." Salto said, noting that many countries ran up large
budget deficits during the Aslan financial crisis. Monetary’ policy will "gradually have to be tightened/ he said.
Many Asian countries want to keep interest rates low for as long as possible for their economies to regain a solid footing.
“But they must avoid complacency. As the economic situation improves there is a risk that people feel perhaps that the situation has improved and they can relax policy efforts in terms of reform." he said.
Different countries in the 10-nation ASEAN bloc are at different stages of recovery. Singapore, which didn't sink as low as some of its neighbours during the crisis, has already turned a budget surplus in 1999 and is in the process of eliminating tax cuts put in place during the downturn.
ASEAN finance ministers are slated to discuss a range of issues at the Brunei conference, including an effort to refine a system to allow member countries to monitor each others' economies and financial prob-
ASEAN may grow
4.5 pc in 2000
Meanwhile, an AFP report says: Southeast Asia's economies could grow by a higher-than-expected 4.5 per cent this year but complacency in sustaining reforms Is the biggest risk. Saito said.
baito said the region expanded by an average 2.5 per cent in 1999.
"We hope that average growth rate for ASEAN will rise over 4.0 per cent this year, perhaps 4.5 per cent," he said.