Sources: Data provided by the Brunei authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections. 1/ Non-oil and gas GDP includes the downstream sector. 2/ In absence of government debt and interest ...
As relatively small open economies, South-East Asian emerging markets (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand or ASEAN-4) are highly susceptible to external shocks—both financial and real—that ...
While Chinese banks have become the top cross-border lender to EMDEs, their expansion has slowed recently, both in terms of volume and market share. Also, the strong correlation of China’s bilateral ...
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