Spotlight Archives
- Pacific Economic Monitor – December 2018December 2018This issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor focuses on debt sustainability amid clear financing needs to help address remaining infrastructure and services gaps in the Pacific.
- Launch of the Asian Economic Integration Report 2018 24 October 2018Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada urged regional cooperation–or regional public goods–to tackle regional problems like climate change, communicable disease, and financial contagion at the launch of the AEIR 2018 on 23 October. He launched the report at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where Vice Dean Ramkishen Rajan gave opening remarks. Read more.
- Asian Economic Integration Report 201823 October 2018This publication is the annual report of the ADB on Asia’s progress in regional cooperation and integration. This year’s special chapter, “Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific,” examines how collective action among countries can help find solutions to growing cross-border challenges such as climate change, communicable diseases, and financial contagion. Read highlights and see news release. Download report here.
- Forthcoming: Asian Economic Integration Report 2018—Official Launch10 October 2018ADB will launch the Asian Economic Integration Report 2018 on 23 October 2018 at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Click here for more event details. Register now. The event will be streamed live via ADB’s official Facebook account.
- US bond yield curve: Should we worry if it inverts?09 October 2018ADB Principal Economist and ARIC Team Leader Jong Woo Kang examines the impact of a flattening US bond yield curve on emerging Asian economies. Read blog.
- Harnessing Technology for More Inclusive and Sustainable Finance in Asia and the Pacific9 October 2018This report tracks the progress of financial innovation in Asia and the Pacific, and discusses its implications for financial inclusion and stability as well as its challenges.
- High-Level Policy Dialogue on Regional Cooperation to Support Innovation, Inclusion, and Stability in Asia20 September 2018The event, to be held on 11 October 2018 in Bali, Indonesia, aims to shed light on key drivers of innovation in financial technology and their implications for financial inclusion and stability. Read more.
- Updated FTA Database now availableAugust 2018The growing trend in Asia to open up trade with non-traditional markets and economies outside the region intensified, according to the August 2018 update of the ARIC FTA database. Overall, 155 FTAs are currently in force in Asia. Twelve FTAs are signed but not yet in effect while 82 FTAs have launched negotiations.
- New Database: ASEAN+3 Financial Stress IndexAugust 2018The Financial Stress Index (FSI) is a composite index that measures how global and regional shocks trigger stress in 4 major finance sectors: banking, debt, equity, and foreign exchange markets. Read more and download data.
- Asia's FTAs as living agreements: Creating new opportunities amid global trade uncertaintiesJuly 2018Amidst loud trade tensions created by unorthodox trade policy moves, the upgrading of existing Asian FTAs quietly emerges as a harbinger of trade liberalization opportunities in a global trade picture increasingly dotted by inward-looking policies. Read blog.
