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Economic Integration: Asian Perspective. Iwan J Azis iazis@adb.org; ija1@cornell.edu Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) Asian Development Bank European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), October 9, 2013, Brussels. Trade Volume: Asia & World.
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Economic Integration: Asian Perspective Iwan J Azis iazis@adb.org; ija1@cornell.edu Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) Asian Development Bank European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), October 9, 2013, Brussels
Intra-regional Exports and demand from “South” up more significantly than demand from EU and the US
Falling Share of Asia’s Exports to EU(except Primary Sector)
Multipliers 2009 PRC
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Recent Trade Initiatives • RCEP • Launched by Leaders from ASEAN and ASEAN’s FTA partners in the margins of the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 20 November 2012 • Composed of ASEAN+6 • TPP • Members: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States. • Completed 18th round of negotiations in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on 15-24 July 2013
CV of 10-Year Bond Yield Spreads Cross-Market Dispersion of Equity Returns Portfolio Holdings—Asia (% share) Portfolio Holdings—Asia (% share)
Business Cycles • While business cycles in emerging Asian economies began to correlate more with the PRC’s over the past two decades (increasing trade and financial linkages), the degree of output co-movements remained strong between emerging Asian economies and Japan, and significantly higher than that with the PRC and US; • Correlation analysis shows that while the business cycles in Asia’s emerging economies have become more synchronized with those in the PRC over the past two decades, the degree of co-movement with Japan remained higher; • Emerging Asia also became more “coupled” with the US economy since 2003, after “decoupling” in the 10 years from 1993 to 2003.
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LCY Bond Market in Emerging East Asia Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
FCY bond issuance slumped Note: G3 bond issuance is defined as gross bond issuance denominated in G3 currencies—US dollar, euro, and Japanese yen. Source: Asia Bond Monitor.