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China watchers have struggled to come to terms with the renminbi’s weakness during most of September. But while China’s leaders can sometimes be hard to analyse, the monetary authorities have been pretty clear about their currency policy — and they mean it.

The governor of the People’s Bank of China says the country should redefine corporate debt, China’s GDP growth could rise to 7% in the second half, and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank plan annual forums on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Rapid increases in private sector debt across Asia could leave some countries vulnerable as interest rates return to more normal levels, Changyong Rhee, director in the Asia and Pacific department at the International Monetary Fund, has warned.

African countries are moving full steam ahead to develop their economies through Chinese-funded railway infrastructure, hoping faster growth will forestall concerns about the costs and their ability to pay it back.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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