Asian economy

Asian economy

A Japanese national flag flutters in front of cargo containers at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Asian economies weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves, confusion

The court's ruling invalidated a number of tariffs that the Trump administration had imposed on Asian export powerhouses from China and South Korea to Japan and Taiwan, the world's...

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

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?