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Economic currents buffeting emerging Asia may spur comparisons with 1997 crisis, but the region is better prepared now, the ADB president said. more...

Which Asian currencies will fare the best in 2014? CNBC's Julia Wood and Bernie Lo discuss. more...

Asian currency weakness this year amid an unwinding of U.S. monetary stimulus is not just about countries with big current-account deficits, strategists say. more...

Fred Neumann, co-head of Asia economic research at HSBC, says the political stalemate in the U.S has prompted Asian investors to look for alternatives to the dollar. more...

The dollar was broadly steady against its major counterparts in Asia and near enough to some long-lasting support levels. more...

Goldman Sachs says it expects the rout in Asian emerging market currencies to continue, downgrading its forecasts. more...

The dollar was on the defensive in Asia on Monday as investors braced for an event-packed week. more...

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Patrik Nagel, vice president of sales at ADS Securities, talks about Asian FX market becoming the second largest in the world and explains why it will continue attracting investors. more...

Central banks want stability, and investors just want a safe haven. It's time for your FX Fix.* more...

Frederic Neumann, Co-Head of Asian economics research, HSBC, discusses the dangers to Asia's financial situation, and what would happen in the event of a major bank failure in Europe. more...

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As the global economic slowdown overshadows inflation as the main concern of Asian central banks, they are also working to head off a related risk — that efforts to reflate the West could send a torrent of destabilizing funds into their economies. more...

Chang Tou Chen, managing director and head of global banking, Southeast Asia at HSBC, expects a range of IPOs to come to the Southeast Asian markets. more...

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One bank in Asia has cut credit lines to major French lenders while five other banks in Asia are reviewing trades and counterparty risk as worries about the exposure of French banks to peripheral euro zone debt mounts, banking sources told Reuters on Thursday. more...

Richard Jerram, Chief Economist, Bank of Singapore talks about Asia's economic prospects. more...

Emil Wolter, Head of Regional Strategy, Asian Equities at RBS, says that Asia is doing relatively better and is outperfoming the rest of the world's economies. more...

Even as the U.S. grapples to bring its debt under control, Asia has another problem on its hand: surging currency reserves, mostly in dollar denominated assets. But experts say there's no easy solution to the problem. more...

Averting a U.S. debt default solves only the immediate fiscal problem for the West and its big creditors in Asia. more...