Blogs

Blogs from CAA Team.

These blogs are published in various publications and we are reproducing here.

RISKS FROM BIG POWER FRICTIONS IN ASIA COULD SUBSIDE

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There have been many reasons to worry about the worsening ties between China and the US, the two big powers whose actions have outsized impacts on the world. But it is a particular concern for Southeast Asia because this region has become one of the main arenas for that contention to play out.

COULD A US RECESSION DERAIL ASIA’S RECOVERY?

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There is growing chatter about a US recession. Talking heads have popped up all over the media asserting confidently that the American economy is doomed to contract because its central bank is tightening monetary policy aggressively at a time when the surge in inflation.

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CAN CHINA TURN AROUND ITS ECONOMY?

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China is facing one of its most difficult domestic and international situations in decades. This has compelled its leaders to adjust policies but, because they face domestic challenges that require sometimes conflicting policy measures, policy actions have been cautious and contradictory.

CAN SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMIES REMAIN RESILIENT?

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just issued its latest World Economic Outlook, and it makes for a decidedly downbeat reading. Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the IMF revised global growth down for this year and next – it expects just 3.6% growth in world output for both 2022 and 2023, compared to its original forecast of 4.4% .