Asian economy

Asian economy

An employee measures a newly manufactured ball mill machine at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China June 28, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Asia's factories stumble as US trade deals fail to revive demand

A raft of purchasing managers' indexes (PMIs) on Monday showed diverging conditions across the region, with China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all reporting declines in activity while...

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

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

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

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

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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)

Asian stocks pause rally, eyeing China stimulus, Powell testimony

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Bangladesh ranks high for power data transparency in Asia

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

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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

Asia's factory activity weakens as global demand falters

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The limits of protected oligarchic capitalism

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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

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

Asia stocks bounce, dollar cautious before inflation test