Better long-term central bank governance has led to better economies in the long-run

Economic statistics, and business information at the Board of Investment

There are bubbles everywhere...It is no longer a matter of the US spending less, but of “vicious unknowns,” and it will be difficult to see how they will play out in the market because the linkages now are more complex than before. Emerging markets must have shock absorbers.

Should central bankers try harder to be understood?

Brad DeLong does some calculations to find out where China's massive trade surplus goes.

Factors that will affect growth in Asia over the next year.

In a video podcast Brad DeLong reviews the main points of development economics in a record three minutes.

A new paper on how China and India have differed in their past growth and the different problems they face for future growth.

Biannual review of developments in the Thai economy.

Youngest IMF chief economist Raghu Rajan discusses global imbalances in savings, investments and economic growth.

Background on recent Thai monetary policy

Background on the strategies followed by central banks and monetary authorities in Asia.

History of capital controls in Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

Dr. Sean Turnell is probably the foremost expert on the contemporary economy of Burma.

How long-term demographic changes and improved financial institutions can be harnessed in a country's development.

History of capital inflows into Thailand before 1997.

Why does capital flow from developing countries into the United States?

Will there be an abrupt fall in the dollar – a dollar plunge?

How US president Richard Nixon pressured his central bank president into an expansionary monetary policy to get low unemployment for an election year but also uncontrollable inflation.

The US economy is running out of steam but Europe's resurgence and Asia's awakening will prevent the world's economy from derailing as it did after the stock market crash of 2000.

How can financial globalisation benefit a developing country?

An easy to understand explanation from the Czech Central bank.

The ongoing American trade deficit and its possible effects.

A weekly review of exchange rate movements around the world.

The original source of confidence in a currency.

Advocates of central bank independence argue that a central bank which is too susceptible to political direction or pressure may encourage economic cycles of boom and bust.