Asia fiscal toll to pile up
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NEW YORK - The devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tidal waves this weekend had far less of an economic impact than it might have, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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There is likely to be strong U.S. pressure on much of Asia next year, not just China, to allow a major depreciation of the dollar.
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China is expected to take more steps to slow its galloping economy, a key engine of global growth, after hiking borrowing costs in a bid to stop the boom giving way to a bust.
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A US slowdown, an oil shock and prospects of higher interest rates are the key risks to Asia's economies in the short-term, international ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) says.
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In its latest Asian Development Outlook released today, the ADB said GDP growth projections for 2004 have been raised by about half a percentage point in both East Asia and Southeast Asia.
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US Treasuries idle in Asia on Tuesday as trading winds down at year end and the market waits for inflation figures later in week. - Thursday&#39;s batch of data includes November figures
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a deficit of $54 billion -- represented a 6.9 percent widening from July&#39;s trade gap of $50.5 billion. The bad news on trade is likely
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All across Asia officials are counting the terrible toll from a powerful earthquake and tidal waves that have devastated the region.
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As world governments and private organizations increase their financial pledges for the tsunami disaster in Asia, the United Nations is stressing that billions will be needed in the long-term.
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China&#39;s spending on fixed assets such  as roads and power plants accelerated in the first five months  of the year, prompting predictions of imminent monetary  tightening to slow the world&#39;s fourth-largest economy.
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More bad news out of Asia weighed on investors Monday.
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The devastating earthquake and tsunamis that hit Asian countries will deal a fresh blow to the tourism industry there but aren't expected to produce crippling economic problems in the region or in the United States, economists said.
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The deficit jumped by 9.3 percent, to $63.1 billion,  the government said, reflecting record oil imports. The deficit with China declined while the weak dollar lifted exports to a record high.
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Japan's debt rose 3.7 percent to a new record of 729.228 trillion yen (&#36;6.59 trillion) as of June 30 compared with a year ago, the government said Friday.
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SANTIAGO  - An Asia-Pacific divide is widening as the United States sinks under the weight of a ballooning current account deficit and a plummeting dollar, analysts said after a regional summit here.
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Manila - The Philippines was in the midst of a fiscal crisis and the public should be prepared to make sacrifices, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday.
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Economies in developing Asia are expected to expand 7.7 percent this year, higher than the 7.2 percent initially projected, thanks to booming growth in China and India, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday.