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Japan’s new government aims at nothing less than a transformation of the country’s post-war economic order. Big business is up in arms, but policy-makers say the answer lies in regional integration

Brazil, Russia, India and China have agreed in principle to buy IMF bonds – in a canny move that gives them sway over reform of the institution, while allowing diversification away from the US dollar

The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are demanding greater decision making powers in the IMF’s New Arrangement to Borrow (NAB), in line with their proposed financial contributions.

China’s recovery is still not “solid and balanced”, the country’s finance minister warned today, as he pledged to keep in place the key elements of its stimulus package.

The rise of EM wealth

The rise of the EM consumer

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The rise of the EM voice

The rise of the EM corporate

In the years preceding the financial crisis of 2008/9, the shift in the centre of gravity of global financial power from developed to developing economies was already being widely touted

Malaysia’s central bank chief Zeti Akhtar Aziz is confident the banking sector is resilient enough to take on more foreign competition. But foreign banks want wider reaching licences before making the next move

Pakistan’s economic policy-makers are playing with fire. Much-needed economic reforms are being squandered – and all with the blessing of the IMF, says former adviser to Pakistan's Ministry of Finance Ashfaque Khan