Asia economy

IMF warns of slowing Asian growth, spillover from rising yields

2026-10-15T06:10:21.000Z
The Lotus Eletre EV built by China’s Geely. The country has made sustained investment in its long-term industrial strategy and its workforce in the last 20 years.

South-east Asia’s green transition has the ‘hardware’ – but who will operate it?

2026-10-06T23:00:00.000Z
Some of the fastest growth is being recorded across a cluster of northern industrial provinces closely tied to electronics manufacturing and global supply chains.

Vietnam’s northern provinces, not Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, are powering near 10% GDP growth

2026-10-06T07:56:39.000Z
The first issue of The Business Times was published on Oct 1, 1976.
BT50: THE NEXT CHAPTER

Reporting from the front row on Singapore’s success story

2026-09-30T23:00:00.000Z
Prices began falling in previous months in the more expensive city centre areas, suggesting that weakness in the city’s condominium market is spreading. 

Tokyo used condo prices drop for first time in over two years

2026-09-24T05:29:03.000Z
The Asian notes extended their outperformance over the last month as the gap between Chinese and US benchmark yields widened to the most on record.

Junk debt from Asia is beating bonds almost everywhere in 2026

2026-09-15T08:43:17.000Z
Haus’ Coastal Quang Ngai sits on a 94-ha site near My Khe Beach in central Vietnam. It is being planned as a residential community for roughly 4,000 people.

Developers rush to build homes on Vietnam’s breathtaking coast, testing a new urban model

2026-09-11T03:05:09.000Z
Corporate America has spent the preceding decade exploiting low borrowing costs, while Asian corporate performance was dragged down by structural shocks.

The giant sucking sound of US profits is leaving Asia dry

2026-08-05T10:00:00.000Z
Disillusionment and uncertainty about the future could explain why more young people in countries such as South Korea are reluctant to start a family.
THE BROAD VIEW

What today’s youth slang reveals about Asia’s fertility crisis

2026-07-17T05:00:00.000Z
More than four-fifths of the petroleum and liquefied natural gas transiting the waterway is typically bound for Asian markets.

Strait of Hormuz reopening would offer relief for Asia, but economic scars will remain

2026-06-15T04:14:36.000Z