据太平洋经济合作理事会公布的《1995—1996年太平洋经济前景报告》预测,太平洋沿岸的19个国家和地区的平均经济增长率,今明两年略微放慢,从去年的4.7％降为今年的4.1％及明年的4％。 该地区的经济大国美国和日本的经济继续缓慢增长,若不把美日两国计算在内,环太平洋国家今明两年的平均经济增长率可增至6％及5.8％。该理事会还预测,环太平洋国家和地区今年的平均通货膨胀率由去年的 According to the 1995-1996 Pacific Economic Prospects Report released by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, the average economic growth rate of 19 countries and territories on the Pacific Rim has slightly slowed down from this year to 4.7% this year 4.1% and 4% next year. The economies of the United States and Japan, the economic powers in the region, continue to grow slowly. If the United States and Japan are not taken into account, the average economic growth rate of Pacific Rim countries can rise to 6% and 5.8% this year and next. The council also predicted that the average inflation rate in the Pacific Rim countries and regions this year will increase from last year’s