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Asian economic powers warn of risks from war, monetary policy normalisation

 

 

The officials’ joint statement comes amid concerns that U.S interest rate rises and related reduction in central bank assets have driven up the dollar. This has raised the prospect of capital flight from some emerging markets and a rising burden of dollar-denominated debt in the developing world.

The officials steered clear of references to currency market moves, notably rises in the dollar and falls in the yen, or sanctions against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special operation.”

Instead, they underscored progress in regional initiatives, including a mechanism aimed at helping countries in times of financial distress, the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation currency swaps deal.

ASEAN is chaired by Cambodia this year and includes Indonesia, which currently chairs the G20. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki used harsher words than the joint statement in discussing the invasion of Ukraine.

“Russia’s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine has shaken the foundation of international order and is a clear violation of international law,” Suzuki told reporters. “It is having a serious impact on the global economy with energy and food price rises, supply-chain disruptions, destabilisation of financial markets and increasing numbers of refugees.”

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