“Against a backdrop of ongoing global volatilities, Asean is likely to remain a bright spot amid intensifying headwinds as the region’s resilience is once more on display,” says group president and CEO of Maybank Khairussaleh Ramli at the opening of the Maybank Invest Asean 2023 conference on June 20 and 21.
Last year, the world had to grapple with supply chain disruptions, interest rate hikes, rising inflation and an energy crisis.
While some of these issues are starting to taper off, discussions are now swinging between strong labour data and continued inflationary risks versus recessionary risks, rate pauses versus further rate hikes, and their effects on the global economy.
