Economics

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU A Sri Lankan debt crisis — the prospect of which has for many months hung over the country like a storm about to break — has…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Chulanee Attanayake, NUS Sri Lanka is collapsing. Its economy is at a tipping point. The country is witnessing one of the worst economic and political crises in its history,…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Khasan Redjaboev, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is devastating the lives of Ukrainian civilians and impacting the global economy. Low-income economies that were…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Bruegal Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the unprecedented sanctions imposed against Russia by the United States, Europe and other countries are negatively impacting the global economy. The…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Siwage Dharma Negara, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute Russia’s war against Ukraine has caused world oil prices to surge to record levels. Days after the invasion, oil prices surged from…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU The security thinking that’s now captured Washington calls on allies and partners everywhere ‘to reinforce, renovate and buttress a world order that favours freedom’. The US…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Jiao Wang, University of Melbourne China’s economy had another extraordinary year in 2021, experiencing strong growth despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. But sustaining that growth in 2022 will require…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Cyn-Young Park, ADB Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent energy price fallouts are testing Asia’s economic and financial resilience. Recent surges in global oil prices have fuelled inflation…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: David Lubin, Citigroup In sanctioning the Russian central bank, the United States and its allies have delivered a very substantial financial shock to Moscow. The power of the shock…