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Slow Growth to Continue in Pacific Region:...

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From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports

Slow Growth to Continue in Pacific Region: A new report by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference forecast an average growth rate of 5% in 1990 for 15 countries in the Pacific-Asia region. That compared to an average growth rate of 5.3% in 1989 and 7.2% in 1988. Growth in 1990 among individual countries will range from a high of 9% for Thailand to a low of 0.8% for Australia.

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