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Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... central 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% ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... growth 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 ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... world combined. He also predicts that asset ownership will increase 203% to almost US$100 trillion. The Asian Development Bank estimates that by 2030 Asia's annual consumption will reach $32 trillion - almost half of all global consumption. "In the long ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... per cent, or 237.46 points, to 18,942.23 and Shanghai lost 0.31 per cent, or 7.32 points, to 2325.91. The Asian Development Bank trimmed its 2012 growth projections for emerging East Asian economies, including China, from 7.5 per cent to 7.2 per cent ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... global 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. ...

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
... the 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 ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... countries in Asia. The Government of Luxembourg has committed a further a,-1.5 million ($2 million) to an Asian Development Bank-administered fund set up to boost the financial systems in Asia and the Pacific. The latest contribution to the Financial ...

Rise of Asia bonds: Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... The figure is nearly 15 times the level at the start of the Asian financial crisis in 1997. According to Asian Development Bank figures, the total outstanding Asian issuance (ex-Japan) continued to grow to over US$5.5 trillion as at the end of the first ...

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 ...