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Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... banks' QE announcement - big time. The Sensex 30 index is up a full 9% to date. This is despite the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) recent downgrade of the country's growth outlook. The ADB lowered its forecasts for the Indian economy to 5.6% in 2012 ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... lower. Lower growth in Europe - oops, sorry what growth? - flows into slower activity in China. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has just reduced its China growth estimate by almost a percentage point to 7.7% this year from its previous estimate of 8.5% ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... 2008." And it wasn't only the WB singing the gloom and doom tune at the time, every other international financial body - the ADB, the IMF, the OECD - were chiming in on the chorus. Back then I wrote in this space that, "It demonstrates how it's easy ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... But it wasn't only Access singing the gloom and doom tune at the time, it was every other international financial body - the ADB, the IMF, the OECD, the WB - you name it. It demonstrates how it's easy to get caught up in the mood of the moment and the ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... recession. In Citi 's downgrade sights were the US, Europe, Japan, Canada, the UK and even China. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects falling conditions impacting China will also lead to dampening activity throughout the Asia region as well. According ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... emerging nations it can sell its wares to, thank you very much. Emerging nations are doing just fine. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday trimmed its 2011/2012 growth projections for Asia's emerging economies. It now expects growth of 7.5% in ...

Asia to grow amid inflation threat: ADB

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... next two years amid fears of inflation and geopolitical uncertainties, according to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB's annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2011 (ADO 2011), has forecasted regional GDP growth of 7.8 ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... investments in the facility to $5.8 million. "With this additional assistance, the Government of Luxembourg expresses support for ADB's plan to expand the fund into a multi-donor facility which will aid our long-term Strategy 2020 goals of inclusive ...

ADB inaugural clean energy bond sale

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) continues its support of clean energy projects after the sale of its first clean energy bonds for AU$239 million. HSBC Securities (Japan) Ltd lead managed the transaction of the bond, which was distributed by more than ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) think so -- all recently revising upwards their growth forecasts for China, emerging markets and the world. Searching... ...