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L’impact de la crise monétaire asiatique sur la croissance japonaise

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[fre] Depuis le début des années quatre-vingt, la zone asiatique est devenue une zone stratégique pour l'industrie et pour les investisseurs japonais. Les problèmes liés à la gestion macroéconomique durant ces dernières années (notamment à l'excès de l'investissement par surendettement) ont entraîné un déséquilibre extérieur important dans la plupart de ces pays. Les monnaies nationales des pays asiatiques ayant un ancrage au dollar américain, la forte dépréciation du yen vis-à-vis du dollar depuis 1995, a provoqué une perte brutale de compétitivité des exportations de ces pays et a joué un rôle catalyseur dans leur crise monétaire.. En 1997 et en 1998, l'économie japonaise devrait déjà subir un fort ralentissement en raison du recul de la demande domestique. L'Asie, étant le premier marché des exportations japonaises, le Japon devrait supporter les conséquences d'une baisse de l'activité après la crise en raison des engagements importants des banques et retarder l'assainissement du système bancaire japonais. L'investissement direct dans la zone asiatique, qui représente un tiers de l'investissement direct japonais dans le monde, pourrait être également pénalisé. Sur le plan macroéconomique, la crise asiatique devrait se traduire par une baisse d'un point de taux de croissance du PIB japonais (- 0,40 % en 1997 et - 0,60 % en 1998). [eng] Asian monetary crisis impact on Japanese growth . Since the beginning of the 80's, the Asian region has become a strategic one both for the Japanese industry and investors. Problems related to macro-economic management during these last couple of years (mainly over-investment through over-indebtedness) have entailed large external unbalances in most of these countries. As national currencies of Asian countries are pegged to the US dollar, the strong Yen depreciation against the dollar since 1995 has caused a sharp export competitiveness loss in these countries and has played a catalyst role in their monetary crisis.. In 1997 and 1998, the Japanese economy is to undergo a slowdown given its shrinking domestic demand. As Asia is the first market for Japanese exports, Japan will have to face consequences of a slowdown in activity after the crisis. Given large liabilities of Japanese banks, Asian financial crisis should increase banks bad debt and postpone the reform of the Japanese banking system. Direct investment in Asian region, that accounts for one third of Japanese direct investment in the world could also be jeopardized. . At macro-economic level, the Asian crisis should result in a one percentage point loss in the Japanese GDP growth rate (- 0.40 % in 1997 and - 0,60 % in 1998).

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  • Yuan Wang, 1997. "L’impact de la crise monétaire asiatique sur la croissance japonaise," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 44(6), pages 79-84.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1997_num_44_6_2611
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1997.2611
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