Asia

President Xi Jinping and then-President Donald Trump in Beijing in 2017.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Asia

Asia's 2025 will be a year of upheaval and uncertainty

Much will depend on the region’s relationship with US president-elect Donald Trump. During his first term, the America First policy he pursued isolated allies and antagonized Beijing and Pyongyang

In a departure from the status quo under Fed Chair Jerome Powell, market expectations and the Fed’s interest-rate trajectory are converging. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Dollar set for big weekly gain as Powell sends yields up, China data mixed

China Railway workers assemble a pipe jacking machine at the construction site of an underground railway station, in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 17, 2024. REUTERS
World+Biz

IMF warns of risks to Asia's economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

Rescue workers pull a boat loaded with relief supplies to distribute among flood-affected people in Feni, Bangladesh on 25 August. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Extreme floods across Asia reflect a growing pattern of uncertainty 

Photo: Collected
Asia

What will US interest rate cuts mean for Asia and the Pacific?

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Bangladesh

Rida Khan becomes Miss Asian International 2024

Tourists hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the sun as they walk near the Colosseum amid a heatwave in Rome, Italy, June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Environment

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

A worker stands on a bank on the Huangpu River near the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/ file photo
World+Biz

In the market: In Asia, people ask, how do I derisk from America?

Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes
Global Economy

Asian markets fall after US data dent rate cut hopes

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Global Economy

Asia stocks weaken on the patient approach to rate cuts

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Global Economy

Asian markets track Wall St records after US inflation data

Dogs get treated for heat burns at a pet clinic in Kolkata. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave

Photo: iStock via IMF Blog
Global Economy

Asia's growth and inflation outlook improves, but risks remain