economic outlook

Low demand and rising inventories are threatening China’s property developers with bankruptcy, which raises ugly questions for their lenders — and for our readers in last week’s web poll.

Respondents to our web poll last week were unsure about whether Asian economies were headed up or down.

Respondents to our web poll last week were evidently stumped by the wave of confusion emanating out of Europe and the US.

Despite some potential banana skins, Asia’s economic outlook is cause for cautious optimism among FA readers.

Respondents to our web poll are predicting continued strong growth in Asia this year.

Asian economies will suffer as exports decline, but they are in better shape to ride out a recession û both compared with the rest of the world and their own situation 10 years ago.