9. Table 4 shows some key macroeconomic targets for 1998 from the various
Letters of Intent that the Thai government signed with the IMF. In the first Letter of Intent in
August 1997, the IMF was still expecting for 1998 a positive real GDP growth of 3.5%, a
current account deficit of US$ 5.3 billion and a capital account surplus of US$ 1.8 billion.
These numbers turned out to be the complete opposite to the actual figures for 1998, as
shown in the last row of table 4. Making wrong forecasts is normal in the economics
profession, and at the start of the Thai crisis just about every institution made wrong
forecasts. However, the IMF had a better knowledge of the true situation in the country than
almost everyone else, in particular it knew the true situation concerning the almost complete
depletion in net foreign reserves.8 If one takes the targets in the First Letter of Intent at face
value, it would appear that the IMF had too much faith in the market confidence in its
program.
9. Table 4 shows some key macroeconomic targets for 1998 from the variousLetters of Intent that the Thai government signed with the IMF. In the first Letter of Intent inAugust 1997, the IMF was still expecting for 1998 a positive real GDP growth of 3.5%, acurrent account deficit of US$ 5.3 billion and a capital account surplus of US$ 1.8 billion.These numbers turned out to be the complete opposite to the actual figures for 1998, asshown in the last row of table 4. Making wrong forecasts is normal in the economicsprofession, and at the start of the Thai crisis just about every institution made wrongforecasts. However, the IMF had a better knowledge of the true situation in the country thanalmost everyone else, in particular it knew the true situation concerning the almost completedepletion in net foreign reserves.8 If one takes the targets in the First Letter of Intent at facevalue, it would appear that the IMF had too much faith in the market confidence in itsprogram.
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