In 2022 Asia Pacific cities will continue their economic recoveries, despite several challenges including the global impact of the Russian invasion...
APAC | Commodity currencies lead the way amid Russia-Ukraine war
Posted by Sung Eun Jung on Mar 14, 2022
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was not priced in by markets and has led to spiralling commodity prices, higher risk premia, and strong...
China | CNY will benefit from its safe haven status
Posted by Tommy Wu on Mar 1, 2022
The renminbi (CNY) has demonstrated its resilience to global market volatility in recent months, holding steady against the US dollar and other...
APAC Cities | Capital move not likely to threaten Jakarta’s economic importance
Posted by Scott McEwan on Feb 23, 2022
The Indonesian government has ambitions to move the country’s capital away from Jakarta to an as-yet unbuilt city over 1,000km away on the island of...
Australia | Population outlook boosted by quicker border reopening
Posted by Timothy Hibbert on Feb 21, 2022
Alongside the return of temporary migrants, the Australian border will be open to all traveller categories, most importantly tourists, from 21...
Philippines' resilient remittances to complement continued recovery
Posted by Makoto Tsuchiya on Feb 11, 2022
We forecast Philippines' remittances to grow 5.4% in 2022 following a 4.9% increase in 2021. A robust outlook for remittances underpins our...
Asia Pacific Cities | We forecast further recovery in 2022, but clearly with some big risks
Posted by Richard Holt on Dec 21, 2021
We project that Asia Pacific’s 25 leading cities experience on average 4.5% GDP growth in 2022, and 4.1% over the five years 2022-26, although there...
Japan | Japan’s FDI strategy is to diversify away from China
Posted by Shigeto Nagai on Dec 10, 2021
Japan’s foreign direct investment (FDI) position nearly tripled over the past decade, even as domestic investment stagnated. Currently, 40% of FDI...
APAC | Asia exports look to improve in 2022
Posted by Lloyd Chan on Dec 9, 2021
The level of Asian exports in volume terms has been stagnant in H2 2021. In addition, across the major manufacturing exporting economies, there have...
APAC | Regional monetary policies to continue to diverge in 2022
Posted by Sian Fenner on Dec 8, 2021
We expect monetary policy to continue to diverge across Asia Pacific (APAC) in 2022, with central banks in the advanced APAC economies (apart from...