Asia Pacific
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Economic growth in Central Asia is picking up but experts at the IMF are concerned that leaders are not doing enough to address fiscal deficits -
The twice-in-a-decade summit of China’s National Party Congress next week could see premier Xi Jinping take on Mao’s mantle of party chairman and extend his power yet further.
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The possible return of recapitalisation bonds after a two decade absence could help India tackle a triple threat of a stressed banking sector, rising leverage among corporates and challenges to the public financial system
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China’s Haier Group Corp made a splash in the international market late week, pulling off a $1bn perpetual bond.
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The mandate for Reliance Industries’ $2.5bn refinancing has been revealed. The deal will consist of three portions, the bulk of which will replace a $1.5bn loan taken by one of its subsidiaries in late 2014.
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This article is the fourth and final part of a series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative that we are publishing during the 2017 IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. We have devoted two articles to the Road element, and two to the Belt element, of which this piece is the second and focuses on the western part of the overland route
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The head of the Asian Development Bank tells GlobalMarkets that speed is of the essence when it comes to injecting new investment into infrastructure projects that could boost growth and raise living standards
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GlobalMarkets talks to Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia, about making changes to his policy toolkit and whether another rate cut is on the cards
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This article is the third part in a series of four on China’s Belt and Road Initiative that we are publishing during the 2017 IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC. We have devoted two articles to the Road element and two to the Belt element, of which this piece is the first and focuses on the Asian part of the overland route
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Nestor Espenilla, the new governor of the Philippines central bank, talks to GlobalMarkets about the country’s infrastructure spending push, the need for a deeper bond market and his long wait for reform
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