Asia’s Spent Sprint Spirits
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Hopes were dashed for a later year core Asia emerging stock market rally and clear momentum going into 2019, as ...
The Populist Crusade’s Multilateral Mutation
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Populism as an anti-establishment and xenophobic political philosophy reflecting economic backlash against globalization, technological change and income inequality is part ...
Bangladesh’s Supercharged Subcontinent Drift
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Stock market strategists picking Bangladesh over Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2019 after a losing year in the three returned ...
The Global Refugee Compact’s Earnest Expanse
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After a year of formal and informal consultations led by the UN Refugee Agency, all members but the US and ...
Afghanistan’s Economic Withdrawal Factions
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President Trump’s unilateral decision to halve the US troop presence in Afghanistan, reportedly due more to political and pocketbook than ...
The Gulf’s Cracked Finance Facade
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Gulf stock markets were mixed, with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait with 10-25% gains, Bahrain flat, and Oman and the ...
Myanmar’s Cresting Condemnation Count
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While the tiny Myanmar Stock Exchange formally reopened to foreign investors as a new companies law went into effect several ...
The Debt Pile’s Pile-On Plume
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Government and private sector debt accumulation acting as a global growth drag was a G-20 summit topic focus in Argentina, ...
India’s Unreserved Reserve Grab
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Indian stock market performance remained barely positive in contrast with the rest of Asia in the red through November, ahead ...
Asia Bonds’ Aversion Tendencies
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The November edition of the Asian Development Bank’s local bond publication, reviewing the August-October quarter in nine East Asian markets, ...