纵观全球经济,1996年是一个较为平淡的年份。与上年相比,除去部分国家和地区的经济增长率有所变化之外,全球整体经济增长率无大变化,预计会在上年3.5%的基础上略有下降,达到3.4%。与此相对应,国际贸易、金融、投资各领域也都呈现出平稳发展态势。然而,在这种看似平淡的背后,出现了一些值得人们重视和深思的“热点”问题,它们的走向注定会对整个世 Looking at the global economy, 1996 is a relatively flat year. Compared with the previous year, except for the changes in the economic growth rate in some countries and regions, there is no major change in the overall global economic growth rate. It is expected to slightly decrease to 3.4% from 3.5% in the previous year. Correspondingly, various fields of international trade, finance and investment have also shown steady growth. However, behind this seemingly dull, some “hot spots” worthy of attention and contemplation have emerged, and their direction is bound to affect the entire world