https://www.scmp.com/rss/313885/feed Chetan Ahya is Morgan Stanley’s chief Asia economist, based in Hong Kong. He joined the firm in 2000 and has 28 years of experience in macroeconomic research. His thematic research focuses on growth dynamics, particularly the interplay of the leverage cycle and long-term global growth drivers of demographics and productivity. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Coming into 2023, I believed Asia’s economy was poised to grow faster than most, arguing that the region will start to build up a meaningful growth differential over developed market economies. With the recent banking sector stresses in the United States and Europe, investors may wonder if similar funding challenges could occur in Asia and, given this backdrop, whether the region’s growth can still outperform others? If anything, recent developments have made the case for Asia’s growth... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215981/why-case-asia-roar-back-growth-stronger-ever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215981/why-case-asia-roar-back-growth-stronger-ever?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:45:15 +0000 There are plenty of signs that growth prospects in the world's advanced economies are rebounding fast - and the nature of those recoveries are such that they pile the pressure on Asia to turn around falling productivity to rekindle the dynamism it has lost. There are four reasons why growth prospects in this region remain subdued. First is the relatively soft support coming from export growth. Yes, improving performance in developed economies should provide a cyclical uplift to Asian exports,... https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1510849/productivity-boost?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1510849/productivity-boost?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 May 2014 17:15:30 +0000