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Understand the causes to treat the symptoms

Easy, short-term remedies without addressing underlying problems have long-term consequences that ultimately compound the pain.

Property

Singapore home prices have bottomed, Hong Kong's are ‘crazy’: BNP says

SINGAPORE (Sept 27): Singapore home prices have reached a bottom and will rebound, while Hong Kong’s “crazy” housing market will continue to defy gravity, according to BNP Paribas SA.

Currencies

Asia's carry-trade darling haunted by politics as Fed hikes loom

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Indonesia’s rupiah could reverse gains that made it emerging Asia’s top performer in 2016 as some of the currency’s key supports risk turning into Achilles heels.

China Focus

Pimco says China needs to get tougher in cat-and-mouse debt game

BEIJING (Feb 24): Beijing’s “cautious tightening signals” are largely being ignored by banks and at the local level, where attention is focused on maintaining steady economic growth, especially with key Communist Party meetings looming this year, ac

China’s efforts to stem capital outflows are starting to pay off

(Jan 15): China’s campaign to stop cash flooding out of the country is showing some success.
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