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Asia is booming again but there is danger a new crisis may emerge: a sharp drop in asset valuations may cause China’s investment boom to bust, argues Barry Eichengreen

Analysts warn of “hot money” flows as volatility picks up

In an exclusive interview, State Bank governor Shamshad Akhtar has told Emerging Markets that she wants better coordination between fiscal and monetary policy

Profitability to beat G7 levels by 2050 with China in pole position, says accountancy firm

BIS chief Malcolm Knight has warned that monetary policy must tighten further to combat rising inflation pressures

US Treasury secretary, Hank Paulson discusses threats to the international financial system as US-China tensions mount

Analysts warn of risks in redefining exchange rate role as China speaks out

A remarkable flowering of yen bonds this week dazzled high grade bond specialists, and was even enough to take their minds off the extreme volatility in the US Treasury market that derailed dollar bond issuance at the end of last week and kept battering investors and issuers all week.

Excessive leverage threatens the global economy, agency warns

Chinese equities are undergoing a correction rather than crash and will not disrupt the global economy

Equity specialists in Asia are increasingly desperate for the Chinese government to find a way out of the apparently unstoppable bubble in the domestic stockmarkets, before it bursts and brings the region’s other markets down with it.

In a two-engined world, Chinese policy uncertainty is more unsettling for emerging markets than the US economy