Asian economies

SINGAPORE (April 17): In the past two weeks, the Trump Administration has initiated a series of moves on trade, which shows that the US’ trade policies under its new president are beginning to take shape. While these policies are still evolving, there a

SINGAPORE (March 20): Love it or hate it, Asia is inextricably tied to the US. And however much China has grown in importance, it is still the US that will be the principal driver of Asia’s fortunes in the next few years. The good news is the American e

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): Two elements have been missing in the recovery of the US economy from the 2008 crisis — strong wage growth and renewed capital spending by businesses. Of these two, there are encouraging signs that wage growth is finally gaining some

BANGKOK (Nov 25): Less than a decade ago, the International Monetary Fund used to talk about Asian countries piling up too much in their currency-reserve stockpiles.

SINGAPORE (June 16) - Asian economies are likely to resort to expansionary fiscal policies to drive growth in their countries due to persistent constraints on monetary easing, says Priyanka Kishore, Lead Asia Economist at Oxford Economics in a Monday repo