亚洲金融危机使世界经济受到严重影响。全球经济增长速度由1997年的41％猛降到1998年的2％左右。今年可能继续下滑。亚洲特别是世界第二经济大国日本经济尚未走出衰退。亚洲和俄罗斯金融危机导致国际市场对原材料和初级产品的需求减少，市场萧条，价格下跌，造成国际贸易增长明 The Asian financial crisis has seriously affected the world economy. The global economic growth rate plummeted from 41% in 1997 to about 2% in 1998. This year may continue to decline. Japan, the economy of Asia, especially the second largest economy in the world, has not yet out of recession. The financial crisis in Asia and Russia led to a reduction in the demand for raw materials and primary products in the international market, the market slump and the price fall, resulting in the growth of international trade