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In another sign that the renminbi is gaining in maturity, investors holding the currency are starting to choose carefully which deals to finance, and which to drop or avoid altogether, rather than taking whatever is going.

China continues to push ahead with moves to allow its currency to assume a role commensurate with the nation’s economic status

Asia’s regional reserve pool is poised to double in size. But some are questioning whether it is needed as the IMF steps up its game

The worst phase of the eurozone crisis may be over, says ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda, but it still poses fundamental problems – including for Asia

Resolving global trade imbalances is the key to avoiding a fresh economic crisis, experts said this week

Leading China expert Stephen Roach this week slammed US policy on China’s exchange rate, urging Washington to ‘re-focus’ its priorities or risk a protectionist backlash

Asia’s finance chiefs are set to approve substantial resource hikes for the the Asian Development Fund as well as the region’s quasi-monetary fund, the so-called Chiang Mai Initative Multilateralized

Asia must prepare itself for a major and lasting withdrawal of funds by European banks, ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda warned this week in an interview with Emerging Markets

Asia’s stock markets remain at the mercy of global forces – despite the region’s fundamentals

Asia’s economy is slowing. By how much depends as much on the rest of the world as on domestic policy choices

Chinese manufacturing jobs are fast migrating overseas amid fears of wage price inflation

Inflationary pressures look set to ease as oil prices moderate in the months ahead, analysts say