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Daniel Moss

The challenge of bumping up fertility rates is particularly acute in Asia, where the most successful economies are ensnared by rock-bottom birthrates and rapidly ageing societies.

How keeping up with the Joneses in parenting is crimping fertility

With steep duties attached to Chinese exports to the US, a decent portion of what was once destined for America must find buyers elsewhere.

Why this China shock will hit close to home

A baht that is too robust is said to be able to destroy Thailand's competitiveness. Businesses tend to prefer exchange rates that are weaker, rather than those that are strong.

A runaway currency is putting Thailand in a tight spot

Beijing has launched a campaign to curb the cut-throat competition that’s eroded profits and driven down wages. Addressing the spectre of deflation is good, but this resembles a shoot-the-messenger approach, says the writer.
THE BOTTOM LINE

China’s economy needs help, but will it come?

US Fed governor Christopher Waller told a conference in Seoul that Inflation is receding and, with a bit of luck, the Fed should be able to cut its main interest rate a few times this year.
THE BOTTOM LINE

What even is good economic news anymore?

A worker polishes machinery in the workshop of a factory which produces steel machinery for export, in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on February 21, 2025. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
PERSPECTIVE

When being the China alternative isn’t enough

The financial pull of the US is relatively undiminished, despite predictions of its demise at the hands of emerging markets or the newly integrated eurozone.
PERSPECTIVE

Trump’s tariffs obscure a much bigger challenge for the world

FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters at the headquarters of a commercial bank on a financial street near the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, in central Beijing November 24, 2014.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

A stimulus is good, but China still faces a hard slog

As society moved from being predominantly agricultural to urban, there was less need to have large families.

Why falling fertility is not a crisis

FILE PHOTO: Headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

China adds a touch of showbiz to its stimulus

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