I was 20/21/22 in thailand and the common people struggled to " survive ",
but 23 june/july i came back and was astonished waht my friends all buyed;
motorbike, washmachine, etc. and all this with longtherm-credit. as soon the market recovered a bit with higher wages , they really does'nt keep safe 1 satang for bad times. t.i.t.