Among the most headline-grabbing moves is a 0.5 percentage point cut in the reserve requirement ratio, expected to unleash some CNY1 trillion ($138bn) into the financial system. But that’s just the beginning.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies are already casting a long shadow over emerging market economies, with analysts cutting growth forecasts and warning of prolonged investment uncertainty and policy disruption.
With inflation in India expected to remain close to target during the current fiscal year, the Reserve Bank of India has room for further monetary easing, members of the Monetary Policy Committee said in the minutes of the April policy meeting.
Global public debt is set to rise to 95% of GDP this year and will continue to climb in the next years to top 100%, says the IMF.
South Korea's central bank is leaning towards reducing interest rates this April, even as the national currency hits its weakest point since 2009.
Oil prices fell 3.75% on April 7, continuing last week's losses, as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China fuelled fears of an economic recession that could reduce crude demand.
Wave of projects in energy, mining, factories and construction and water conservation. Critical minerals could be next.
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Singapore’s second-largest lender, has forecast a slowdown in loan growth for 2025 following a weaker-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings.