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Retail Asia09/04/2021

Vietnam’s economy is set to grow at 6.5 percent this year, well above the ASEAN average of 4.9 percent, as it shrugs off the impacts of Covid-19. It is the second-highest rate forecast by the International Monetary Fund for ASEAN-5 countries. The Philippines tops with 6.9 percent, Malaysia ties Vietnam at 6.5 percent, Indonesia is […]

Retail Asia15/07/2019

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned on Saturday that the increasing presence of technology giants using big data and artificial intelligence could cause a significant disruption to the world’s financial system. The rapid development of financial technology (fintech) has increased access to cheap payment and settlement systems for low-income households in emerging […]

Retail Asia21/05/2018

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday welcomed Korea’s decision to regularly reveal its currency market intervention records. Korea’s Finance Ministry said it would disclose the records starting in March 2019 to help remove unnecessary misunderstandings about the country’s currency market operations. “I welcome the Korean government’s decision to publish data on foreign exchange intervention,” Christine […]

Retail Asia28/02/2018

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Tuesday (27/02) the global economy was showing broad-based growth, but the landscape was shifting with heightened risks of trade disputes, monetary policy normalization and technological change. Lagarde, speaking to an IMF conference in Jakarta in preparation for the Fund’s annual meetings in Bali in […]

Retail Asia12/05/2017

Asia has enjoyed substantial demographic dividends, but the growing number of elderly is set to create a ‘tax’ on growth. The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan’s experience and act early to cope with rapidly ageing populations, warning that parts of the region risk “getting old before becoming rich.” Asia […]

Retail Asia28/01/2016

China’s economy slowed in December, capping the weakest quarter of growth since the 2009 global recession, as the Communist leadership grapples with a transition to consumer-led expansion. Industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment all slowed at the end of the year, while gross domestic product rose 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a […]

Retail Asia26/01/2016

On February 8th, China will celebrate the Year of the Monkey. The monkey is famously a smart, naughty, wily and vigilant animal, and anybody trying to make money in the rest of 2016 will have to learn how to outsmart the animal. A useful barometer of the Chinese economy is always to look on the […]

Retail Asia26/01/2016

Investors world-over fear that China could record another worse-than-expected slowdown this year. Over the past two decades, annual GDP growth in China has averaged around an impressive 10 percent, underpinned mostly by investments, as well as exports. The IMF expects China to account for almost 18 per cent of world economic activity in 2016. Hence […]

Retail Asia06/08/2015

Using extreme measures, the Chinese regime eventually managed to stabilize the stock market crash that started in mid-June, during which both the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock market indices fell more than 30 percent in three weeks. While many retail investors have begun to show signs of relief, even expressing gratitude to the government for “saving” […]

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IMF sees Vietnam economy growing

IMF head warns fintech could disrupt world’s financial system

IMF applauds Korea’s currency transparency

IMF Chief visits Indonesia with some advices

IMF warns Asia to act early on rapidly-aging population

China quarter feeblest since ’09

China is facing into a period of painful economic adjustments

China on track for a more sustainable economic expansion

Implications of China’s Stock Market Crash