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Business News > Mint Authors > William Pesek

William Pesek

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ARTICLES BY WILLIAM PESEK

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Abenomics fails to impress 6 years on

3 min read . 14 Sep 2018

China’s President Xi Jinping. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Manchurian Candidate’ trade policies

3 min read . 14 Sep 2018

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It was Donald Trump’s trade war that has knocked Turkey so spectacularly off balance. Photo: PTI

Opinion | Turkey flashes warning sign to Asia

3 min read . 16 Aug 2018

The Reserve Bank of Australia building in Sydney. Australia grew at an annualized rate 3.1% in the second quarter, beating expectations. Photo: Bloomberg.

Australia’s worsening woes are a warning sign for neighbouring Asia

3 min read . 02 Aug 2018

The problem, say long-time Asia investors like Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton fame, is that the global economy is coming off a period of excessively cheap money, causing a “real squeeze” in markets.

Two crises that never ended pose fresh danger

3 min read . 19 Jul 2018

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The lesson from him is that leaders must reorient their economies for an information revolution. Photo: Bloomberg.

Malaysia has a powerful message for Asia

3 min read . 12 Jul 2018

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP

Trump’s exit from WTO would fulfil Xi’s ‘China dream’

3 min read . 05 Jul 2018

Yi Gang, governor of People’s Bank of China. China has three obvious bubbles that are increasingly feeding one another: borrowing, credit and property. Photo: Bloomberg

Is it time to worry about china—again?

3 min read . 29 Jun 2018

Shinzo Abe is struggling to explain his naivete and halt the plunge in approval rates. Photo: reuters

Asian politics gets trumped along with growth

3 min read . 21 Jun 2018

US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP.

Donald Trump has right idea, wrong country

3 min read . 14 Jun 2018

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: AP

Asia’s Donald Trump, Rodrigo Duterte, deserves scrutiny

3 min read . 07 Jun 2018

Shenzhen city in China. Asia has come a long, long way since the dark days of 1997. But as whiffs of 2013 return to Jakarta and beyond, policymakers must stay ahead of renewed turmoil. Photo: Bloomberg

Five years later, Asia is on front lines again as emerging markets crack

4 min read . 31 May 2018

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: AFP

1,087 trillion reasons to worry about Japan

4 min read . 17 May 2018

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrive at an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a peace and friendship treaty between China and Japan and to welcome Li in Tokyo, Japan on 10 May. Photo: Reuters

Asia needs its own Group of Seven

4 min read . 10 May 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they take a boat ride on the East Lake in Wuhan, China on 28 April.

So much for the ‘Chindia’ dream

4 min read . 04 May 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: HT

Five Asians ‘Time’ magazine forgot in its 100 most influential list

4 min read . 26 Apr 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping. It’s fair to wonder how far Xi can get in the next five years, protecting the root of all financial evil: a 6.5% growth target. Photo: Reuters

Beware the Xi Jinping reform trade, it may end up getting ‘trumped’

4 min read . 20 Apr 2018

US President Donald Trump and China counterpart Xi Jinping. A clash between two strongmen leaders running the two biggest economies could lay waste to stability in markets everywhere. Photo: AP

Donald Trump versus Xi Jinping won’t have a happy ending

4 min read . 13 Apr 2018

Investors should study their Kim dynasty history before getting bullish on the South Korean won or North Asian stocks. Photo: Reuters

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is playing the investment world

4 min read . 06 Apr 2018

Even before US President Donald Trump came along, India and Indonesia had been moving toward favoured-investment status among the Wall Street set. Photo: Bloomberg

Donald Trump is making emerging markets safe havens

4 min read . 29 Mar 2018