The country’s external sector is booming at the same time domestic demand stalls.
Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Shekou container terminal in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. US and Chinese trade negotiators are slated to meet in mid-March, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling a planned summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is pushing ahead despite American strikes against Iran. Source: Bloomberg
The US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz gives central banks more scope to hold rates.
Kevin Warsh, incoming chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 22, 2026. Warsh, who's promised the biggest shakeup in decades at the US central bank, takes over at a tense moment for the economy and the central bank. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Asia was quick to welcome the US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the region’s energy supplies flow. But many warned it’s too early to say if that will offer long-term relief to the world’s most populous and fastest-growing region.
Bloomberg Economics examines why the ‘China Model’ hasn’t created success on the football pitch.
Lionel Messi, a soccer player for the Inter Miami, during the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. The forum brings together leaders in business, sports, culture, and technology. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg
The artificial-intelligence capex boom is fueling gains for South Korea and Taiwan and rewiring the region’s growth model.
The Samsung HBM4 Base Die wafer displayed on the exhibition floor at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company is firing up manufacturing of H200 AI accelerators for customers in China, a sign of progress in the chipmaker’s effort to reenter the vital market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Policymakers in South Korea are grappling with how to manage the AI-fueled chip boom.
Samsung Electronics Co. workers chant slogans during a rally ahead of a strike, scheduled to take place from May 21, outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Samsung’s labor union wants 15% of operating profit be handed to chip-division employees. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
The Iran war is causing price hikes and inflicting damage on a global economy that’s barely recovered from the last inflation spike.
A customer pushes a shopping trolley away from a Tesco Plc supermarket in Chelmsford, UK, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. UK inflation held at an 11-month low before the war in Iran sent petrol costs soaring and threatened to deliver another shock to household finances. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
The windfall earned by Asian chip makers is coursing through the world economy, mirroring on a global scale the circular flow of money within the AI ecosystem.
The windfall earned by Asian chip makers is coursing through the world economy, mirroring on a global scale the circular flow of money within the AI ecosystem.
South Korea and Taiwan’s artificial intelligence-fueled chip booms are set to swell both economies’ current-account surpluses to fresh records and pressure their central banks to raise interest rates later this year.
South Korea and Taiwan’s artificial intelligence-fueled chip booms are set to swell both economies’ current-account surpluses to fresh records and pressure their central banks to raise interest rates later this year.
A model of an LG Electronics A11 4K AI Processor displayed at the World IT Show in Seoul. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
South Korea and Taiwan’s artificial intelligence-fueled chip booms are set to swell both economies’ current-account surpluses to fresh records and pressure their central banks to raise interest rates later this year.
South Korea and Taiwan’s artificial intelligence-fueled chip booms are set to swell both economies’ current-account surpluses to fresh records and pressure their central banks to raise interest rates later this year.
A model of an LG Electronics A11 4K AI Processor displayed at the World IT Show in Seoul. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
China’s early lead in humanoid robots will help power the next phase of its global manufacturing and export dominance, according to new research from Morgan Stanley.
China’s early lead in humanoid robots will help power the next phase of its global manufacturing and export dominance, according to new research from Morgan Stanley.
A technician programs a humanoid robot at a robotics laboratory in Guangzhou, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
The Reserve Bank of Australia delivered a third straight interest-rate hike, unwinding all of last year’s reductions.
Michele Bullock, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), during a news conference at the central bank's head office in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Australia’s central bank raised its key interest rate for a third consecutive meeting, underscoring its determination to tame stubbornly strong inflation and cementing its outlier status among global counterparts. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley economists see AI, the energy transition and defense spending fueling a capital expenditure-led expansion for Asia.
SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chips on a LPDDR5X CAMM2 memory module arranged at the company's office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. SK Hynix is scheduled to release earnings on April 24. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
China’s dominance of rare earths supply chains gives President Xi Jinping economic leverage worth $1.2 trillion in his planned summit meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing next month.
China’s dominance of rare earths supply chains gives President Xi Jinping economic leverage worth $1.2 trillion in his planned summit meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing next month.
BOJ Governor Ueda treads carefully as the yen hovers near a level that’s prompted past intervention.
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The Bank of Japan left its benchmark interest rate unchanged in a split vote that increased the likelihood of a hike in June and pushed the yen higher. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
A pair of influential papers compare China’s property slump with Japan’s lost decades.
Residential buildings in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. China's capital city Beijing will allow families to buy one more home in non-core areas, as even the nation's largest cities are buckling under the pressure of a record real estate downturn. Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump’s move to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks deepening an unfolding economic crisis for Asia’s energy-dependent economies, including America’s allies in the region and China.
US President Donald Trump’s move to blockade the Strait of Hormuz risks deepening an unfolding economic crisis for Asia’s energy-dependent economies, including America’s allies in the region and China.
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