Economy, Policy & Business

Prospects for FDI inflows into Asia-Pacific over the medium term remain strong, even if pandemic-driven supply disruptions and uncertainties over the pace of recovery see some firms rethink their supply chains

Thanks to massive state intervention, global insolvencies decreased in 2020 and will continue to do so in 2021. But will their gradual withdrawal spark a resurgence in the coming months?

European exporters have lost significant market share over the past two decades as China emerged as a global exporter for manufactured goods

The head of DHL Global Forwarding’s Asian business talks about changes in Asian trade

As crypto assets take hold, regulators need to step up

While the Evergrande crisis can have global effects, the main potential impacts will come via ‘real’ economy channels

Asia is the world’s consumption growth engine. To miss Asia means missing half the global picture

While the renminbi has a long way to go before it can challenge the US dollar’s financial clout in the Asia-Pacific markets, its influence is clearly growing

Evergrande is China’s second largest real estate company with over $305 billion in debt. As the company struggles to repay creditors, global markets have responded with selloffs

Japan’s next prime minister will need to consider the failures of Abenomics in addressing endemic structural issues in the economy