West-China co-existence: some inconvenient truths

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China is the center of the global production network. It is the largest trading partner for all its neighbors and has fueled economic growth in and out of the Indo-Pacific region for decades. According to the McKinsey Global Institute, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, trade deepened between China and the United States, Canada, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the […]Continue Reading

Digital infrastructure propels new SE Asian Tigers

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China’s exports to Southeast Asia jumped by 20% in 2022, despite a year-on-year decline in China’s total exports driven by a 19% drop in exports to the US and a 17% drop in exports to the European Union. Southeast Asia’s 700 million people stand at the cusp of an economic transformation comparable to the rise […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s economy in ‘collapse’ as IMF visits

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POLITICAL MAYHEM Pakistan is locked in an endless cycle of servicing external debt. State Bank governor Jamil Ahmed last month said that the country owed US$33 billion in loans and other foreign payments before the end of the fiscal year in June. A diplomatic offensive has seen US$4 billion rolledContinue Reading

How structural growth and stable funding anchor Indian and Indonesian financiers' resilience

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India’ s domestically-driven economy and Indonesia’ h commodity-led exports should provide some strength despite a more difficult operating environment characterised by higher global inflation, rising rates of interest and liquidity tightening. Elaine Koh, senior director for Asia-Pacific non-bank financial institutions from Fitch Ratings talks about the prospects meant for India and Indonesia’ s finance and leasing sector in the current economic environment.Continue Reading