The Bank of International Settlements has announced that OPEC surpluses have nose-dived, turning several OPEC states from being lenders on the financial markets into borrowers. 國際結算銀行宣布石油輸出國組織的餘款急劇下降，使該組織的某些成員國在金融市場上由貸方變成了借方。
The BIS Annual Report showed that it was a combination of mutual and hedge funds that pulled out of Asia as well as the sharp reversal of bank lending that did the true damage. 國際結算銀行年報顯示，亞洲經濟所受到的真正損害，是由互惠基金和對沖基金紛紛撤離亞洲，以及銀行貸款趨勢急劇逆轉造成的。
