Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, October 2007
Asia and Pacific, October 19, 2007
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- Published: October 19, 2007
- Series: Asia and Pacific
Overview: recent developments and principal findings
- Economic developments in Asia have been positive so far in 2007.
- Growth has been stronger (and in many cases more balanced) than expected across much of the region, again led by China and India.
- Inflation pressures remain largely contained.
- Asia weathered the recent financial turbulence relatively well.
The outlook and main risk
- The outlook is favorable, with growth expected to decline only modestly in 2008 as foreign demand for Asia’s exports slows.
- The main risk for the region is a sharper-than-expected global slowdown.
Major analytical themes and chapters in the report
- I. Overview
- Recent Macroeconomic Developments
- Recent Financial Market Developments
- The Outlook and Risks
- Policy Implications
- II. Ten Years After the Crisis: How Much Stronger Is Asia?
- Key Lessons from the Asian Crisis
- The Challenges Ahead
- Conclusions
- III. Sterilized Intervention in Emerging Asia: Is It Effective?
- What Is Sterilized Intervention?
- Motives for Intervention, Channels for Effectiveness, and Evidence from the Literature
- Has Intervention Been Effective in Emerging Asia?
- Testing Effectiveness
- IV. The Evolution of Trade in Emerging Asia
- Evolving Asian Trade
- Explaining the Changing Pattern of Trade: The Role of Comparative Advantage
- The Rise in Intraregional Competition
- Summary and Implications
Executive summaries and languages available
- Executive Summaries available in: 中文 日本語 Korean Laotian Vietnamese
Notable boxes, tables, and figures (by theme)
- Boxes include topics such as Asian Electronics Exports, "Other Investment" Flows in Asia, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Growth in the Asset Management Industry in Hong Kong SAR and Singapore, and technical boxes on intervention mechanics and tests.
- Tables cover Asia: Current Account Balances; Asia: Official Reserves; Asia: Real GDP Growth; Asia: Real Export Growth; and numerous detailed series on investment, consumption, fiscal indicators, reserve accumulation, reserve adequacy, sterilization coefficients, and exchange-rate relationships.
- Figures include Emerging Asia: GDP Growth; NIEs: Contributions to GDP Growth; ASEAN-5: Contributions to GDP Growth; Asia: Industrial Production; Emerging Asia: Retail Sales Volume; Emerging Asia: Exports of Goods; Asia: Electronics Exports; and a wide set of inflation, exchange-rate, capital flow, and market-risk indicators.
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- Regional Economic Outlooks
- World Economic Outlook:
- https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo
- Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology
- https://www.imf.org/en/publications/gfsr
- Global Financial Markets Confront the War in the Middle East and Amplification Risks
- https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fm
- Fiscal Policy under Pressure: High Debt, Rising Risks
- https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo
- Asia and Pacific
- Europe
- Middle East and Central Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Western Hemisphere
- https://www.imf.org/en/publications/areb
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