Asia

Armenia’s Conflicted Claim Clusters

Armenia joined the Caucasus queue immediately after the US Federal Reserve stayed the easy-money course with a $700 million, 7-year ...

China’s Fretful Free Zone Fiddling

Chinese stocks finished Q3 barely down as PMI readings remained over 50 and financial services free-trade experimentation was previewed in ...

Pakistan’s Muslim League Standing Streak

Pakistan shares led Asian markets with a 20 percent advance as Prime Minister Sharif’s resounding July Muslim League party victory ...

Asia’s Irrepressible I-Rate Sentiment

Through August India and Indonesia were unshielded by BRIICS protection as they led regional currency and capital market falls with ...

China’s Liberalized Capital Account Interpretation

As Chinese equities regained footing in August, especially against more precipitous neighboring exchange falls, on a PMI reading above 50 ...

Australia’s China Luck Longing

Australia headed into September elections with Labor under restored Prime Minister Rudd trailing the opposition, as interest rates were cut ...

Myanmar’s Hidden Landmine Laments

As the International Red Cross pointed out 5 million Myanmar citizens live in landmine-infested areas where clearance has often not ...

Asia’s Shrill PMI SOS

Asian stocks and bonds were battered in July, with the Philippines alone positive for equities and the Korean won the ...

Vietnam’s Bent Bad Bank Truths

Vietnamese shares remained flat on the MSCI frontier index after the bank bad asset management company VAMC was finally launched ...

China’s Brooding Brinksmanship Lesson

Chinese shares touched bear-market turf on single-digit valuation with mid-sized banks abandoned as the central bank allowed interbank rates to ...

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