Table 4.6. Government Budget Surplus/Deficit as % of GDP  (Updated August  2002)
	in percent
	Country	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001		2000 1/				2001 1/				2002
									Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1
	Brunei	2.85	-0.02	1.56	0.73	17.39	4.56	#DIV/0!	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Cambodia	-1.58	-0.93	-2.52	1.23	-2.03	-3.57	#DIV/0!	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Indonesia	0.21	2.15	-2.26	-1.27	-2.23	-2.36	-5.85	-6.20	3.00	-0.10	-5.62	-0.18	-0.44	0.12	-8.63	-5.85
	Lao, PDR	-5.27	-5.82	-7.61	-2.96	-2.22	-4.93	#DIV/0!	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Malaysia	0.72	2.35	-1.77	-3.15	-5.76	-5.51	-1.54	1.23	-1.89	-5.21	-16.48	-1.97	2.19	-3.57	-18.55	-1.54
	Myanmar 2/	-6.80	-5.15	-5.79	-4.99	-4.97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Philippines	0.29	0.06	-1.87	-3.75	-4.11	-4.04	-6.81	-2.94	-3.20	-4.32	-5.66	-4.56	-4.56	-4.91	-2.41	-6.81
	Singapore	6.91	3.38	2.48	2.62	3.45	1.98	-6.95	-4.39	9.11	12.83	-3.97	-2.93	5.35	7.15	-1.59	-6.95
	Thailand	0.74	-1.78	-2.70	-2.59	-2.20	-2.60	-4.63	-1.14	-0.65	-2.06	-4.80	-2.80	0.99	-2.03	-6.38	-4.63
	Vietnam	-0.18	-1.72	-0.50	-1.58	-2.79	-2.93	#DIV/0!	-0.36	-0.49	0.12	-9.02	-1.11	0.73	-5.22	-5.45	-
	Source: Asean Surveillence Coordinating Unit (ASCU) database
	1/ GDP are extrapolated
	2/ Fiscal year beginning in April and ending in March of the following year