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Warsh Fed Should Heed New Zealand's Cautionary Tale
Photographer: Mark Coote/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, closely watched because of its status as a pioneer of inflation targeting, has blundered. The mistake needn’t be fatal and might even teach the world a lesson.
How Do You Fight China Shock in Beijing’s Backyard?
Photographer: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images AsiaPac (Bloomberg Opinion) -- After a lean few years, Thailand’s economy is showing signs of improvement. Deflation has given way to inflation of almost 3%, while policymakers are upgrading growth forecasts.
孫正義氏が8兆円近く投資するマレーシア、AIブームで上げ潮－グローバル化に全賭け
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Malaysia’s AI Export Boom Is a New Chance at Stardom
Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Malaysia’s export machine is in formidable shape, giving a country that once aspired to become an advanced economy a second chance at stardom.
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
Despite everything that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy. The Iran war is extracting a modest toll, higher interest rates don’t appear to have slowed growth so far and AI is driving an investment boom. But there are limits to the staying power of the growth for which the International Monetary Fund just updated its forecasts. Luck — and reading the right signals from markets — will play a role.
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
Despite everything that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy. The Iran war is extracting a modest toll, higher interest rates don’t appear to have slowed growth so far and AI is driving an investment........
Indonesia’s Rate Miss Makes a Bad Week Worse
Photographer: Rosa Panggabean/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Indonesia’s new economic team flubbed its first real test.
Indonesia Was Finding Its Feet. Then Came MSCI Original
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The latest blow to Indonesia, from MSCI Inc.’s warning it’s considering removing the country from its global indexes, couldn’t have come at a worst time.
中国経済の実態見極めよ、成長率目標にとらわれるな－習氏を縛る数字のわな
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War, rates and a global economy that won't break
This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian economies. Previously, he was executive editor for economics at Bloomberg News. Despite everything that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy.
China Is Too Defensive Over the Yuan
October 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC China’s currency is having a good year, and Beijing wants everyone to know it.
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
DESPITE everything that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy. The Iran war is extracting a modest toll, higher interest rates don’t appear to have slowed growth so far, and artificial intelligence is driving an investment boom. But there are limits to the staying power of the growth for which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated forecasts this week. Luck – and reading the right signals from markets – will play a role.
War, rates, and a global economy that won't break
Business World Philippines | October 16, 2026 DESPITE EVERYTHING that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy. The Iran war is extracting a modest toll, higher interest rates don’t appear to have slowed growth so far, and AI is driving an investment boom. But there are limits to the staying power of the growth for which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated forecasts this week. Luck — and reading the right signals from markets — will play a role.
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
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War, Rates and a Global Economy That Won’t Break
Photographer: Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Despite everything that has been thrown at the global economy, it remains remarkably hardy.
The economic shock that’s almost too hot to handle
TO SAY that central banks dislike making policy based on extreme weather is an understatement. But they cannot duck the economic reverberations of the powerful El Nino that is roiling Asia. The dry spell is another shock that the monetary authorities could do without. They spent years getting on top of the inflation surge that followed the post-pandemic economic reopening and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Economic Shock That’s Almost Too Hot to Handle
Photographer: Himanshu Sharma/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg Opinion) -- To say that central banks dislike making policy based on extreme weather is an understatement.
South Korea’s central bank is smart not to kill this boom
South Korea’s remarkable economic boom can run for a while yet, if the central bank has any say in the matter. Officials do have their work cut out managing the spillovers, but restraint may prove to be the most courageous course of action. Considering the rapid clip of expansion and the pickup in inflation, the monetary authority has been pretty restrained. The Bank of Korea’s new chief isn’t panicking. He seems determined to let the growth spurt find a natural ceiling and then deflate — gradually.
China’s growth target has become a trap for Xi
China’s latest effort to prop up its battered housing market and spur the economy is getting a poor reception. The measures are underwhelming and unlikely to achieve much beyond improving Beijing’s chances of meeting its already restrained growth ambitions. That is damning the initiative with faint praise. The deeper problem lies in how China measures economic success. The government itself deserves some blame: It doesn’t aspire to beat expectations, merely to meet them.
South Korea’s central bank is smart not to kill this boom
South Korea’s remarkable economic boom can run for a while yet, if the central bank has any say in the matter. Officials do have their work cut out managing the spillovers, but restraint may prove to be the most courageous course of action. Considering the rapid clip of expansion and the pickup in inflation, the monetary authority has been pretty restrained. The Bank of Korea’s new chief isn’t panicking. He seems determined to let the growth spurt find a natural ceiling and then deflate — gradually.
China’s growth target has become a trap for Xi
China’s latest effort to prop up its battered housing market and spur the economy is getting a poor reception. The measures are underwhelming and unlikely to achieve much beyond improving Beijing’s chances of meeting its already restrained growth ambitions. That is damning the........
China’s Growth Target Has Become a Trap for Xi
China’s latest effort to prop up its battered housing market and spur the economy is getting a poor reception. The measures are underwhelming and unlikely to achieve much beyond improving Beijing’s chances of meeting its already restrained growth ambitions. That is damning the initiative with faint praise. The deeper problem lies in how China measures economic success. The government itself deserves some blame: It doesn’t aspire to beat expectations, merely to meet them.
China’s growth target has become a trap for Xi
Business World Philippines | October 08, 2026 CHINA’s latest effort to prop up its battered housing market and spur the economy is getting a poor reception. The measures are underwhelming and unlikely to achieve much beyond improving Beijing’s chances of meeting its already restrained growth ambitions. That is damning the initiative with faint praise. The deeper problem lies in how China measures economic success.
China’s Growth Target Has Become a Trap for Xi
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- China’s latest effort to prop up its battered housing market and spur the economy is getting a poor reception.
Cheap Money Is History: The RBA’s Blunt Warning
Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia's interest-rate increase this week to the highest level in 15 years was a dress rehearsal for what's to come in bigger economies.
South Korea’s Central Bank Is Smart Not to Kill This Boom
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- South Korea’s remarkable economic boom can run for a while yet, if the central bank has any say in the matter.
The baby bust could dent Australia’s lucky streak
By Daniel Moss / Bloomberg Opinion Add TT as Preferred Source The past four decades have been good for Australia. It rode a resources boom, enjoyed the glory days of China’s expansion and benefitted from the dismantling of trade barriers. Yet population growth, a vital contributor, has been downplayed, despite its crucial role in the record 29-year stretch without a recession until the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Baby Bust Could Dent Australia’s Lucky Streak
Photographer: William West/AFP/Getty (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The past four decades have been good for Australia. It rode a resources boom, enjoyed the glory days of China's expansion, and benefitted from the dismantling of trade barriers.
Ueda’s guarded stance highlights limits of BOJ’s policy shift
It was always going to be a stretch for Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda to sound very hawkish. Given that officials have tightened cautiously the past two years, something major would have to change to hike interest rates at a faster pace. There’s little to suggest he’s eager to ditch the incremental approach. One of the most eagerly anticipated BOJ decisions in recent years risks satisfying nobody. Friday’s rate increase, by a quarter point to 1.25%, had looked like a slam-dunk.
It’s Tough Being a Small Economy in an AI Boom
Photographer: Geric Cruz/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- You have to feel sorry for the Philippines. An economy that was doing very nicely has once again become Southeast Asia’s straggler, even though officials are doing many right things.
ベッセント長官の日銀注視続く可能性－植田総裁、利上げでも慎重姿勢堅持
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Bessent Got Ahead of Himself on Japan
Photographer: Eugene Hoshiko/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- It was always going to be a stretch for Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to sound very hawkish.
Prabowo Picked a Good Time to Oust His Finance Chief
Photographer: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto picked a good time to replace his finance minister.
Bessent Doubles Down on House of the Rising Sun Original
Photographer: Anadolu/Getty (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent describes himself as the top US bond salesman. He's rapidly becoming the top Japan salesman, as well.
Indonesia’s Market Reprieve Is Prabowo’s to Squander
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Indonesia’s markets are finally giving President Prabowo Subianto a break.
The Warsh doctrine is ill-suited for a fading Thailand
THE BOTTOM LINE Central bank chief Vitai Ratanakorn has a broad ambit for the central bank; he wants to reform the Thai economy Add BT as a preferred source Bank of Thailand governor Vitai Ratanakorn leans towards acting on Thailand’s structural problems, or they could weigh on growth. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG Published Tue, Sep 8, 2026 · 05:15 PM YOU could call the head of Thailand’s central bank the anti-Kevin Warsh.
The Warsh Doctrine Is Ill-Suited for a Fading Thailand
Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- You could call the head of Thailand’s central bank the anti-Kevin Warsh.
Bessent pushes BOJ as he signals end of Abenomics
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called on Japan to hike interest rates by invoking director Spike Lee’s most famous movie and saying that the Bank of Japan should “do the right thing.” The 1989 film takes place during a sizzlingly hot day in Brooklyn, while Tokyo in 2026 is actually enjoying an unusually cool summer. Despite the weather, tensions are running high. Bessent is piling pressure on BOJ Gov.
On Japan, Bessent Channels His Inner Spike Lee
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called on Japan to hike interest rates by invoking director Spike Lee’s most famous movie and saying that the Bank of Japan should “do the right...
Children Should Be More Than a Luxury
Photographer: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty (Bloomberg Opinion) -- It's increasingly apparent that humanity won’t be returning to levels of fertility that helped quadruple the world’s population over the past century.
The Fed’s Dollar Power Comes With a Diplomatic Price
Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The ability and willingness of central banks to be forces for global stability will be tested with frequency in coming decades. None is likely to be challenged as much as the Federal Reserve.
Vietnam’s Hubris Risks Unraveling Its Boom
National Statistics Office of Vietnam (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Vietnam's economy is on a roll. Hanoi, basking in the kind of praise that Southeast Asian peers won prior to the region’s financial crisis in the 1990s, wants still more rapid growth.
Ditch inflation targets? Better to overhaul them instead
Business World Philippines | August 18, 2026 IF A CRUCIAL GOAL of central banks is controlling inflation, then targets for the pace of price changes have been an indispensable ally. To rise to the task of helping economies with the challenges of the 21st century, their usefulness needs a rethink. This isn’t simply a question of raising or lowering them, but whether they can be adapted to a very different world to the one in which they were born.
Ditch Inflation Targets? Better to Overhaul Them Instead
Photographer: Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- If a crucial goal of central banks is controlling inflation, then targets for the pace of price changes have been an indispensable ally.
Indonesia’s New Central Banker Should Be Allowed to Do Her Job
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Prabowo Subianto’s efforts to reshape Indonesia’s economy are reaching their limits.
What Should a 21st Century Central Bank Look Like?
Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images (Bloomberg Opinion) -- For almost 50 years, since then-Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker showed enormous courage by pushing interest rates to 20% to vanquish sky-high inflation, central bank...
円安是正、ベッセント氏どこまで主導するのか－試される米国の本気度
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How Safe Is the Yen Under the US Umbrella?
Photographer: Eugene Hoshiko/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- As the US relationship with some traditional allies fractured during the second Trump administration, ties with Tokyo have only improved.
South Korea’s economy is too hot for one rate hike
By Daniel Moss / Bloomberg Opinion Add TT as Preferred Source Setting policy in one of the fastest-growing major economies comes with no shortage of challenges. The case for an interest-rate increase in South Korea, the first in three years, was strong. It would not be a one-time move — it would take effort, and some luck, to cool this rapid expansion. The shift was widely anticipated and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Shin Hyun-song himself flagged the step a few weeks ago.
South Korea’s Economy Is Too Hot for One Rate Hike
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Setting policy in one of the fastest-growing major economies comes with no shortage of challenges.
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