Asian economy

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa. Photo: ADB
Asia

Developing Asian economies’ growth expected to be sustained at 4.9% this year and the next: ADB President

The ADB president listed four challenges including ongoing geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere

Employees wearing face masks work at a factory of the component maker SMC during a government organised tour of its facility following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Beijing, China May 13, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Global Economy

Asia's factories squeezed as China's nascent recovery teeters

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Global Economy

Asia's markets start to crack under dollar pressure amid Mideast war

A man wearing a face mask walks past an electronic foreign currency exchange rates in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, 22 March, 2023. Asian shares advanced Wednesday after a Wall Street rally led by the banks most beaten down by the industry’s crisis.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Stocks

Asian stocks pause rally, eyeing China stimulus, Powell testimony

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Corporates

Bangladesh ranks high for power data transparency in Asia

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World+Biz

Asian nations to debate Japan's bid to beef up market safeguards

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Global Economy

The IPO market is coming back to life, 70% of action this year in Asia

An employee works on the production line of a tyre factory under Tianjin Wanda Tyre Group which exports its products to countries such as US and Japan, in Xingtai, Hebei provinc, China, May 21, 2019 /Reuters
Global Economy

Asia's factory activity weakens as global demand falters

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Analysis

The limits of protected oligarchic capitalism

What kind of landing should we expect?Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Asia's very complicated interest-rate pause

China, the largest economy in the region, is also expected to record slow growth in 2023, with the ADB recently cutting its projection for the country to 4.3% from 4.5%. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

What's in store for emerging Asian economies in 2023?

People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are reflected on an electronic board displaying Japan's stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asia stocks bounce, dollar cautious before inflation test

Pedestrians wait to cross a road at a junction near a giant display of stock indexes in Shanghai, China August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

Asia shares in the red, yuan slides on strong dollar