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The problems are far from fixed, but ALEX ERSKINE(*) believes Thailand deserves more credit for cleaning up its economic backyard EVEN FREQUENT visitors from Australia to Thailand enter an unusual […]

Many Western investors have given up on Vietnam. Alex Erskine(*) looks at how the country can get back on track. Despondency over Vietnam's sluggish economic outlook is easily overdone. Most […]

How banks rise to the challenge will hold the key to the new millennium in Asia The Y2K phenomenon is upon us, and banking systems in many parts of Asia […]

Many economic analysts now believe Asia's tentative recovery is sustainable. The Comeback Kids will probably not be derailed by United States interest rate hikes. The establishment of a sustainable expansion […]

Business Asia presents the second of a two-part series forecasting likely economic and political scenarios for the Asia-Pacific region in 1999 Recovery in Asia is being held back by external […]

By registering strong growth and productivity increases, Australia's economy has defied predictions of an imminent tumble stemming from the Asian financial contagion. Economist ALEX ERSKINE(*) explains why Economists at Salomon […]

The aggressive move by United States Federal Reserve to quicken the US economy as an insurance against deflation looking at Japan's economy crisis, and its consequences over Australian and world economy, are presented. Japan's experience in 1980 and its deflation are considered parallel to America's own post-bubble experience.

There is no quick fix to Asia's financial crisis, argues Alex Erskine(*), who says the region faces a longer and deeper slowdown than previously thought The sudden emergence of financial [...]