BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 26, 1999 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN COVER STORY

Financial Crisis


INDEBTEDNESS
The government owes $17.3 billion in foreign debt payments this year but has only $10.8 billion in reserves

CAPITAL FLIGHT
Nearly $2 billion leaves the country every month, bringing total exodus of capital to some $200 billion since the early 1990s

ECONOMIC SLUMP
The economy shrank 5% last year and is likely to slump an additional 6% in 1999


DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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