Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar face double-digit declines in GDP amid the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran.

The world’s economic growth engine has proven resilient, but making this durable requires adapting to AI and other transformations ...

As countries around the world confront the economic fallout from the Iran conflict, Asian economies have been particularly hard hit. Energy prices have skyrocketed, economic growth forecasts have been ...

Japan businesses eyeing global expansion considered "the deepest it has ever been," says MarcumAsia Co-Chairman Drew Bernstein ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s 25 basis points cut — with two more expected this year — gives Asian central banks room to ease policy amid trade pressures and slowing global growth. While the Fed faces ...

Global trade growth declined to 2.1% in 2026, while foreign direct investment (FDI) was flowing out of China into other parts of Asia. Supply chains were undergoing significant diversification, as the ...

For much of the last century, economic power flowed through the financial centers of the West. Wall Street set the pace for global markets, European capitals drove international trade, and Western ...

The economic future of Southeast Asia in 2025 is exhibiting a mix of both positive and negative factors. The area has traditionally depended on export-based expansion, yet current obstacles from ...

The World Bank raised its 2026 growth forecast for East Asia and the Pacific to 4.5% as AI-related manufacturing lifted exports across several economies. UBS Says High Yields Are Creating Investment ...

Though its political momentum has fluctuated, the Quad provides an important platform for cooperation between Japan, the United States, India and Australia. Yet its coherence increasingly depends on ...

Every year is eventful in South Asia. But 2025 wasn’t just turbulent; it destabilized the region structurally. This was due to the convergence of multiple shocks. Many countries in the region ...

When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, was formed in 1967, the five founding states intended to produce a front against the spread of communism. The venture has since grown to include ...