Recent Financial Conditions in Emerging East Asia and Real Time Macroeconomic Monitoring

Despite the pandemic-induced economic uncertainty, financial conditions in emerging East Asia remained stable. Local currency bonds markets in the region are expanding at a slower pace relative to past quarters. TrackingAsia on the AsianBondsOnline website featured novel tools to help to monitor recent monthly aggregate economic conditions in the region.

Paul White

Paul White started his career as a consultant power systems engineer with Worley International.

It made him realized that solving complex problems required more than just good engineering, and so he worked through a commerce degree part-time. He then shunned consultancy for a few years, taking on strategy and finance roles Fletcher Challenge Energy and Air New Zealand.  After two years of that, Paul Webber asked him to do some work with them and Wedgewood White Ltd was born.

Asian Economic Integration Report 2021: Making Digital Platforms Work for Asia and the Pacific

The Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) 2021 examines the initial impact on trade, investment, finance, and people’s mobility across the region as the pandemic struck. The report looks at how regional economies individually or collectively respond to the crisis by, for example, leveraging rapid technological progress, digitalization, and increasing services trade to reconnect and recover. This year’s AEIR theme chapter is on digital platforms and how they can accelerate digital transformation across the region.