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Anthony Rowley
Anthony Rowley is a veteran journalist specialising in Asian economic and financial affairs. He was formerly Business Editor and International Finance Editor of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review and worked earlier on The Times newspaper in London
Anthony Rowley is a veteran journalist specialising in Asian economic and financial affairs. He was formerly Business Editor and International Finance Editor of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review and worked earlier on The Times newspaper in London
With hyperinflated sectors across multiple asset markets, the next crash could be so severe that it prompts a restructuring of global finance.
The politics around digital currencies have extended into the long-running battle for supremacy between the world’s major currencies.
China’s central and local governments and state entities are willing to issue or guarantee green bonds on a scale unmatched elsewhere.
It is the tech sector’s projected spending that points to trouble ahead. Are investors prepared to wait for the return on their investment?
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Developing nations are being urged to boost domestic demand and mutual trade to drive growth, but key factors like population ageing must also be addressed.
Leaders of superpowers should not use regional multilateral summits to advance their own interests, overshadowing the vital work of other nations.
The unravelling of First Brands and Tricolor in the US have exposed vulnerabilities in the non-bank sector, raising fears of a repeat of the 2008 crisis.
More than just who heads the government, the fate of Japan’s leadership race has implications for markets, regional economies and geopolitics.
With bond yields rising and stock markets hitting precarious highs, gold-backed monetary policy could be a much-needed source of stability.
The apparent resilience of the global economy in the face of a series of shocks comes amid dangerously high debt levels.
As markets greet the Fed rate cut with enthusiasm, long-term bond yields paint a much more alarming picture.
The finance world is in flux, with stablecoin issuer Tether investing heavily in the metal it has been trying to usurp as a primary means of exchange.
SCO summit’s vision can’t be implemented without the requisite monetary and financial systems in place. The West must play a role if the world is not to fragment into blocs.
Policymakers don’t pay enough attention to bubble economics – despite how the advent of cryptocurrencies has added fresh layers of risk.
Tokyo’s recently announced Indian Ocean and Africa economic zone initiative could put it on course to overlap and clash with Beijing.
As the US allows 401(k) investors to access assets such as cryptocurrency and real estate, there seems to be little official recognition of the risks.
Contrary to markets’ exuberance, record levels of borrowing and the growth of shadow banking pose a significant risk of a financial crisis.
We need radical solutions reinforced by legal statutes to bolster the fight against climate change and make polluters pay.
The world is crying out for systemic reforms to markets that heap investment in fashionable sectors instead of where it is needed the most.
The stock market’s bullish sentiment amid tariff threats and hot wars feels a lot like the calm before a cataclysmic storm.
If Brics nations want to present a viable alternative to the US-led world order, they must do more than eschew confrontation with the West.
The US is the largest shareholder of several multilateral financial institutions, calling into question how unbiased their advice can be.
Central bank gold holdings are now back to where they were in the 1960s, before gold went out of official fashion.
Buffeted by Trump’s disruptive policies, Asia should seize the chance to reassert the need for regional integration as the US retreats.
From the speculative frenzy over digital assets to the assault on bond markets, the next financial crisis will be self-inflicted.
China’s industrial policy could not have succeeded without a financial system harnessed in the service of balanced growth.
The US can lead a vital course correction in global economics and politics and reclaim leadership if Trump can be convinced it’s his idea.
Asia’s local currency bond markets are worth US$25 trillion. The belief that the world can’t do without US capital markets is misplaced.
Markets have largely returned to calm after the US-China trade truce but all is not as it seems.
