Gita Gopinath, first woman to hold the position, returns to academia after three-year stint at multilateral lender

Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 46.7 in August from 54.9 in July, its lowest level since the first wave of the Covid pandemic in April 2020

Asian economies have been knocked flat by the spread of the infectious Delta variant, causing the shutdown of shops, restaurants and factories in China and across SE Asia

“Me and my team feel the public anxiety and expectations on the vaccines and we are relieved to give the...

Central bank says the latest lockdown in Bangkok and adjacent provinces is likely to hit the economy harder than previous...

Japan’s central bank is tipped to slash its forecast for economic growth this year because the latest state of emergency...

The Japanese government has declared a state of emergency for the capital to contain the spread of Covid-19 before the...

South Korea says it has capacity, raw materials and skilled staff at local pharmaceutical companies to immediately produce a large...

With only 9% of Taiwan's 23.5 million people having had at least one Covid jab, the pressure was on Taipai to protect its population – and globally critical tech industries – from the virus

The Indonesian government has imposed tough measures in a bid to contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in Southeast Asia; hospitals...

The highly contagious form of the Covid virus has forced the region’s nations to bring back new curbs with slow vaccination rollouts aiding its spread

A vaccination push on the island has persuaded desperate authorities to trial a scheme which will see 200 visitors return to its beaches – as Covid runs rampant elsewhere in the country