Introduction: There appears to be many theories and proclaimed reasons for the Asian financial crisis, which I guess is to be expected in a topic which is predominately to do with economics. So instead of going through each and every one of these theories, I will take a view of what I can see as a creditable and logical explanation of why the Asian financial crisis occurred. Leading up to the Asian Financial Crisis, the …showed first 75 words of 1345 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1345 total…release, 30/01/98, 'THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EAST ASIA', TAD/INF/BN/9801 Accessed via: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Webflyer.asp?docID=3271&intItemID=2068&lang=1 4/5/06 at 9:06pm Dick K. Nanto, February 6, 1998, CRS Report, 'THE 1997-98 ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS' Accessed via: http://www.fas.org/man/crs/crs-asia2.htm 2/5/06 at 2:35pm IMF Fact sheet, 1999, 'The IMF's Response to the Asian Crisis' Accessed via: http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/asia.html 22/4/06 at 10.04am