Nearly all governments globally are now running large fiscal deficits, and a sharp rise in the stock of public debt globally is expected. Asian countries, though,...
The COVID-19 crisis is occurring at a time of fervent populist nationalism when the prospects of reliving a late-19th century-style era of ratcheting up geopolitical tension,...
The two largest Asian economies, China and Japan, have some of the highest levels of debt in the world, at the end of 2017 Japan’s total...
The technology disruption is fundamentally reshaping the global energy landscape. A key impetus is the dramatic, ongoing deflation in the cost of solar energy and battery...
While the reopening of China’s economy is positive news for the world economy, the global economic slowdown still poses a great challenge for China’s return to...
Developing countries may not have the same deep and liquid bond markets that rich countries have, and they often have to issue bonds in foreign currencies,...
All ASEAN countries are dependent on tourism flows but Thailand is probably the most dependent.
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) estimates that the COVID-19 epidemic could deduct as much as half a percentage point from the economic growth of some...
