Our Asia Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments.
With GDP growth set to struggle and inflation to remain low, central banks are likely to continue to cut interest rates over the coming months. Overall, we expect most central banks to cut rates by 50bps-200bps between now and the end of the year. US tariffs in the region of 10% would not have a huge impact on Asia since they would leave non-US producers on a broadly level playing field. And if Trump also put penal tariffs on US imports from China, producers in ASEAN may gain even more market share and the region could win more inward investment.
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