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The battle with swine flu means that Asian governments need to find ways to monitor poor and illegal migrant workers not covered by official health safety nets, a top UN official has advised
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The bull market rally for Asian equities may prove unsustainable, as regional economic activity will stay weak once the initial boost from fiscal stimulus packages fades, analysts have said this week.
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Asian finance ministers gather in Bali to decide on whether to transform the Chiang Mai Initiative into an Asian Monetary Fund. C Randall Henning says a regional fund must be designed to complement and not compete with the IMF
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Optimism has seeped back into global markets on the back of a flurry of recent initiatives. But while talk increasingly suggests the recent rally is a turning point in the global crisis, the consensus is far from secure
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Asia must ditch its dependence on exports and instead create its own sources of demand. The alternative is a prolonged – and potentially destabilizing – period of decline
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China’s state-driven efforts to stimulate its economy won a vote of confidence from the market this week with the pricing of the world’s biggest initial public offering of the year.
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Japan, China and South Korea are showing signs of an economic revival that could help to pull much of the rest of Asia out of recession.
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TMB Bank of Thailand will buy back most of its offshore subordinated bonds, it said last week, adding to the growing number of Asian borrowers seeking to cancel international debt.
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Indonesia may outperform other south-east Asian countries this year, but its strategies will be tested to the limit
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