Stampede to Join China’s Development Bank Stuns Even Its Founder

BEIJING — The sudden rush to join China’s new Asian development bank by this week’s deadline, including last-minute applications by countries hardly considered Beijing’s best friends, astonished even the Chinese.

Economic fears expose Laos' unequal boom

VIENTIANE (Reuters) - For the Communists running Laos, the fruits of capitalism have never been so bountiful.

Japan economy grew in last quarter of 2012

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy did better than first thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expansion instead of shrinking in a boost for Prime Minister's Shinzo Abe's policies for ending two decades of deflationary stagnation.

India to announce more reforms

India's government is due to announce more reforms to boost a slowing economy, reports say.

Chinese economy to maintain steady, robust growth: Hu Jintao

BEIJING: Allaying concerns over slowing down of Chinese economy due to a decline in exports, President Hu Jintao has expressed confidence that the world's second largest economy will maintain steady and robust growth to make contribution to global economic progress.

Rising prices have hurt East Asia's growth, says report

Rising consumer prices have hurt growth in emerging East Asian economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said.

Annual growth in the region's ten largest economies moderated to 8.1%, in the first quarter of 2011, down from 8.4% in the previous three months.