14 September 2001
Global technology slowdown hits "Asian tiger" economies

2 June 2001
US slowdown hits Asian economies

30 November 2000
ASEAN makes tentative moves toward an East Asian economic bloc

29 September 2000
Economic instability dominates South East Asia

13 September 2000
McKinsey report on Japan demands "open door" for international capital

27 July 2000
Sogo bankruptcy may signal new era in Japanese finances

14 July 2000
Japan's debt crisis hangs over global economy

3 July 2000
Asian "recovery" on shaky foundations

3 June 2000
Economic stagnation set to continue in Japan

11 February 2000
Japan slides back into recession

29 November 1999
Human Development report shows worsening poverty in South Asia

23 October 1999
IMF-World Bank conflict over assessment of Asian crisis

8 October 1999
Daewoo collapse threatens further financial crisis in South Korea

20 September 1999
Deflation accelerates further opening of Chinese economy

7 August 1999
Asia's monsoon floods affect tens of millions

24 June 1999
Two years after the economic meltdown
No end to the social crisis in Asia in sight

16 March 1999
Japanese contraction reveals global tendencies

30 January 1999
A sign of a fragile economic system
China's first major financial bankruptcy

14 January 1999
Asian crisis: ILO report details worsening social conditions

3 December 1998
Asian economic slump deepens

18 November 1998
Bitter conflicts erupt at APEC summit

15 October 1998
Doubts grow over Japanese bank bailout

15 September 1998
Japan enters deepest post-war recession

14 August 1998
Asian crisis hits US economy
Signs of recession in high tech, agriculture

11 August 1998
Japan could trigger global crisis
Markets unimpressed by Obuchi's speech

4 August 1998
Asian slump continues to deepen

22 July 1998
World Bank warns of disaster in Indonesia

14 July 1998
Officials discuss global economic crisis
Not a "new economic paradigm" but old disorders

30 June 1998
One year since the start of the 'Asian meltdown'
Growing signs of world slump

24 June 1998
Japan's banking crisis: the global implications

19 June 1998
US intervention cannot halt Japan breakdown

16 June 1998
Recession hits Japan
What's behind global "economic schizophrenia"?

2 June 1998
Deflation, production cuts
and currency turmoil
A sign of things to come

26 May 1998
The Asian crisis and world capitalism
A warning from Dr Greenspan

19 May 1998
Indonesia and the 'second wave' of the Asian meltdown

13 May 1998
Growing concern over the outlook for capitalism

Australian SEP national secretary lectures at universities
A Marxist analysis of the Asian meltdown

22 April 1998
Washington meeting fails to discuss global financial crisis
When will the US bubble burst?

16 April 1998
Economic ministers gather in Washington
Confronting the mounting global financial crisis

24 March 1998
Tensions mount as Asian fallout spreads
Tokyo rejects US demands on economy

14 March 1998
As economies feel impact of Asia crisis: Job cuts mount around the world

12 March 1998
Financial collapse in Asia:
A crisis of global proportions

10 March 1998
Storm warnings of a global crisis

26 February 1998
US leads attack on Japan at G-7 meeting

30 January 1998
Warnings mount of 1930s-style deflation

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