Asia-Pacific
Australia benefiting from Asian strength: Battellino
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino says strong domestic demand in Asia has driven growth, and allowed the region to forge ahead of the North Atlantic in recovery
Interview with Donghyun Park
Donghyun Park, a senior economist at the Asian Development Bank, discusses reserve management post-crisis and fostering demand in Asia
Chiang Mai a complement, not substitute to IMF aid
Senior ASEAN official stresses that the regional reserve pool is not intended to replace support from other multilateral agencies
Asia’s moment
The timely infusion of government support has led to a resurgence in Asia that has caught observers off guard, argues Malan Rietveld
Chinese demand spurring east Asian growth: World Bank
Report says China fueling resurgence; cautions on performance elsewhere
Too-big-to-fail matters for macroprudence
Federal Reserve Board research looks at the dynamics of spillover effects of the global financial crisis to Asia and Pacific region
Strauss-Kahn covets lender-of-last-resort role
Dominique Strauss-Kahn says International Monetary Fund must become a global lender of last resort to temper emerging Asia's desire to hold reserves
Rethinking decoupling
The decoupling hypothesis has been one of the casualties of the crisis, Martina Horáková argues
Malaysia’s Zeti: bond market key to keeping savings
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Zeti Akhtar Aziz says a robust Asian debt market is crucial for investments to remain region
Asian finance to grow despite turmoil
Hong Kong Monetary Authority says Asia’s financial systems will expand despite the impact of the global crisis
Thailand’s Nijathaworn on Asia’s Achilles heel
Bank of Thailand’s Bandid Nijathaworn says Asia needs to decouple
Emerging Asia already in recovery
Asian Development Bank sees strong recovery ahead for Asia’s emerging markets in 2010
East Asia-Pacific central banks softened US shocks
Hong Kong Monetary Authority research finds East Asia-Pacific monetary authorities dampened shock from United States money market
Transparency and disclosure limit contagion
Cutting back on information asymmetries can reduce contagion
Bank Negara comes of age
Governors from five continents joined Bank Negara Malaysia in February to commemorate its 50th birthday. Claire Jones reports
IMF's Kato: speed up governance reform
The International Monetary Fund should accelerate reform of its governance structure to better reflect global realities, said Takatoshi Kato, a deputy managing director of the Fund.
ASEAN agree on Chiang Mai
The 13 countries participating in the Chiang Mai Initiative to create bilateral currency swaps have reached an agreement on the main components of the scheme.
Morgan Stanley's Roach on central bank independence
The chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, a bank, argues that central banks have not made the most of their new-found independence
Asia sets up $120bn FX fund to stave off attacks
Asian finance ministers on Sunday pledged $120 billion to counter the risk of a currency collapse in the region.
Forex reserves not perfect insurance - IMF's Kato
High levels of foreign-exchange reserves can not fully insure against a sudden stop of capital inflows, said Takatoshi Kato, a deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Unexpected cuts highlight Asian export slump
The Taiwanese and Indonesian central banks surprised markets with rate cuts on Wednesday, both made as evidence mounted that 2009 will be a tough year for Asian exporters.
FSF Asia-Pacific statement notes strains
The fifth annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific group of the Basel-based Financial Stability Forum noted that although the region had been able to withstand the financial crisis to date a number of strains had begun to appear.
From the frying pan to the fire
Emerging markets are feeling the pain of the credit crunch. But some are better placed to deal with the consequences, says Barry Eichengreen
Interbank rates improve
Beyond the gyrations of the stock markets, there were continued signs that conditions in the interbank markets were on the mend.