We expect monetary policy to continue to diverge across Asia Pacific (APAC) in 2022, with central banks in the advanced APAC economies (apart from...

Following an easing in restrictions, Asia production is ramping up to meet strong global demand for consumer goods, auto parts, and electronics....

Most APAC economies are shifting towards living with Covid, but the easing of restrictions can be expected to vary across the region. We have...

Inflation has been elevated in many Asian economies for several months now. Indeed, the Bank of Korea and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have...

We believe prospects for FDI inflows into APAC over the medium term remain strong, even though pandemic-driven supply disruptions and uncertainties...

Private bank credit contracted 2.7% in 2020 in Indonesia and continued to decline on a year-on-year basis through most of H1 this year. The credit...

Notwithstanding Covid-related risks, we expect Asian currencies will show resilience in the face of tighter US monetary policy, particularly when...

The role of the RMB is greatest where China is a major destination for manufacturing exports, suggesting that the degree of trade integration with...

Due to ongoing pandemic-related spending needs, we now expect Indonesia’s fiscal deficit will narrow to 3% of GDP only by 2024, a year later than we...

Asian currencies have broadly struggled in recent months due to the strengthening of the US dollar on the back of favorable growth and rate...