What lies ahead for Asian economies and currencies this year: Deutsche

SINGAPORE (March 28): Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has highlighted rising inflation as a particular area for Asia to watch in the year ahead, which has the potential to become a policy issue but is not an immediate problem.

In a weekly bulletin dated last Friday, Christian Nolting, CIO for Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, says the institution stays “reasonably relaxed for now” even as inflation is trending up in many Asian economies.

“Overall inflation rates in Asia generally remain lower than a few years ago and core inflation excluding food and energy remains stable. Food price inflation could pick up further in some markets but we do not expect Asian central banks to follow the Fed and tighten policy,” comments Nolting.

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