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Appendix Table 8
Central Bank Financial Support
Central bank claims against deposit money banks
(% of GDP)	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992
5%-15%
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	9	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	6	3	3	4	4	6	9	3
France	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	6
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Sweden	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4
Switzerland	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
U.K.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U.S.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10%-20%
Austria	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Chile	3	3	4	8	9	11	14	16
Finland	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	3	1	2	3	2	3	3	3
New Zealand	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
Norway	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	7
Portugal	2	1	1	2	4	4	2	0
Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Spain	4	5	3	6	10	9	11	7
Taiwan	5	5	4	6	6	5	4	4
15%-30%
Argentina	1	1	1	1	9	9	9	10
Colombia	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4
Hungary	1	2	2	3	5	9	10	10
Israel	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	7
Japan	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4
Panama	10	10	9	8	12	9	9	7
Philippines	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Poland	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4
Slovenia	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	2
Uruguay	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
25%-40%
Bolivia	7	7	8	9	9	9	6	8
Brazil	3	4	8	9	5	6	1	3
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N.A.
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	4
Korea	5	8	15	6	8	9	11	11
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	2
Malaysia	1	1	10	1	1	2	2	-8
Morocco	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	0	0	0	0	1
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35%-70%
Bulgaria	1	1	2	15	5	10	11	10
China	18	16	19	21	19	22	28	26
Czech Republic	3	4	6	5	5	7	8	N.A.
Egypt	2	3	5	6	6	7	7	6
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Indonesia	2	10	11	3	4	4	3	4
Kazakstan	0	0	0	1	1	3	20	0
Latvia	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	N.A.
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Mexico	1	0	0	0	2	7	0	0
Pakistan	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5
Romania	1	1	1	8	7	5	9	6
Russia	5	3	0	1	1	3	5	N.A.
Slovak Republic	5	8	6	6	7	8	11	N.A.
Thailand	2	3	7	1	1	1	1	1
Tunisia	0	1	1	1	5	5	8	8
Turkey	4	4	3	0	0	1	1	1
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
N.A.-Not available. Source: International Financial Statistics, IMF, national authorities, and Standard & Poor's estimates.