The region can best cope by protecting vulnerable people, letting prices adjust, anchoring inflation expectations, and accelerating structural reforms

The buoyancy is due in part to more efficient energy use and the accelerating electrification of transport fleets.

The broadening of “Operation Epic Fury” into a regional conflict is starting to inflict serious economic pain on Asian economies. Every Asian country is a net importer of oil and therefore vulnerable to higher energy costs, while the second-order ...

SINGAPORE--Asia's economies have fared better than expected in a year dominated by U.S. tariff threats but growth will slow next year, the Asian Development Bank said. A surprisingly strong showing by India--Asia's third-largest economy--offset a ...

WASHINGTON: The global energy supply disruption caused by the war in the Middle East has heightened Asia's concerns about energy diversification, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said.

Asian investors poured about $20bn into Eurasian economies in 2024-2025, bucking a broader global downturn in cross-border investment, with nearly half of that growth coming from the Gulf states, according to a new report from the Eurasian Development Bank ...

Regulatory reforms are making derivatives markets in China and Vietnam more accessible to foreign investors. Rising demand from Asia’s retail and institutional investors could continue to drive the development of the futures and options market.

West Asia tensions may accelerate renewable energy investments in Asian economies heavily reliant on fossil fuel imports, reports Jefferies.

India’s economy grew steadily in 2025, with real GDP expanding close to 7 per cent despite global trade tensions. Growth has been broad-based, driven by rural consumption, government expenditure, resilient exports and modernisation across services and ...

The New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a Washington think tank, has launched an initiative to promote the emergence of a trade-oriented group of states in greater Central Asia that, ultimately, can stretch from the Caspian Basin to the Arabian Sea.