Thursday, March 20, 2008

Looming US recession will have worse impact than 1997 Asian crisis

Expect the coming months to be tough, warned an economics professor. And the tough times may start next month.

"It's going to be a hard year for us. Everyone will be affected. And the hurt will be deepest among the low-income families," Ernesto Pernia, a professor of economics at the University of the Philippines and former economic chief at the Asian Development Bank told abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak in an interview.

The United States, a major destination of our export products and the host of overseas Filipinos whose dollars account for half of total remittances to the country, is facing a looming economic recession or growth slowdown.

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