Claire Jiao

Fiscal and currency risks have likely passed in Indonesia, according to a Citigroup Inc. analyst who was once lambasted by the country’s finance chief for his forecasts.

Indonesia will exempt from legal and tax scrutiny purchases of bonds from sovereign wealth fund Danantara, a move the country’s finance minister said was designed to bring money back into the country without tracing its source.

Indonesia is dangling unprecedented legal protections for investors in President Prabowo Subianto’s sovereign wealth fund, a move analysts warn could attract money with questionable origins and further erode the reputation of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

Malaysia will likely hold its benchmark interest rate on Thursday and signal a possible hike later this year as the artificial intelligence boom drives faster-than-expected economic growth.

Until the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, prompting Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz, ships transiting the world’s most important artery for trading oil and liquefied natural gas didn’t pay to transit it.

Singapore’s central bank tightened policy further on Monday, bracing for expected inflationary pressures as renewed tensions in the Middle East threaten to keep energy prices elevated.

As recently as Friday, Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo was meeting investors in Singapore after a regional central bank forum.

The Iran conflict has hit countries least equipped to absorb a global shock

(Bloomberg) -- About 50 miles away from Cambodia's capital in the farming province of Kampong Speu, Vuth Dara has laid off two of his five

The Iran conflict has hit countries least equipped to absorb a global shock.