East Asia
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The huge growth in China’s lending to developing country governments, especially those with debt problems, makes it an indispensable player when they can no longer pay their debts. Reconciling the interests and wishes of Western and Asian creditors will need compromise and patience — but is the only way to achieve debt relief
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Stockmarket heads for record, Japan rises in FDI rankings, but winter looks gloomy
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Debt-ridden property sector, lagging social development and poor governance starting to put off investors
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Asia - Macro - Country analysisWith Chinese growth forecast to underperform Asia for the first time in 30 years, analysts have told GlobalMarkets that put the government under pressure
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Debt defaults by China property giant Evergrande have sent a loud wake-up call to the risks for emerging economies from China’s economic transition
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While the impending advent of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) has the potential to offer emerging markets a fresh toolkit for stability it could also exacerbate financial system risk, experts have warned.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia Indonesia has responded to Covid-19 in a robust fashion, guided by a finance minister who won’t take her eye off the long-term plan.
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Yi Gang, China At the PBoC, the governor knows that there are times when less is more.
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Luky Alfirman, Indonesia Indonesia’s debt management team has taken a calm, considered approach to an unprecedented situation.
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In a rare interview, the head of the New Development Bank set up by the Brics nations, KV Kamath, tells GlobalMarkets of his vision of attracting a host of new members that his finance director believes will lead to lending volumes quadrupling within less than a decade
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The resurgence of the Panda bond market is set to get another boost by the return of one of the issuers that kick-started the market in 2005 — the Asian Development Bank. The supranational also has plans to launch debut deals in a variety of other Asian currencies