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KfW looks east

01 November 2002

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Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau has seen lower volumes of export and project finance business this year, with new commitments in the first half amounting to only Eu2.7 billion. For 2001 the volume of loans made by the state owned development bank had been Eu8.4 billion, most of this recorded prior to September 11, which caused delays in the implementation of many large scale projects.
?New commitments in 2002 will in total be lower than in previous years,? says a KfW spokesman. ?On top are sectors like industry, power and energy, telecoms and aircraft. The global economy still has to regain momentum in growth. As the political scene remains uncertain too, business confidence will probably not be fully restored. Our outlook therefore is for a rather moderate development in international business.?

Nonetheless, as the global economy hopefully picks up during the course of 2003 the trend towards larger projects is...


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