New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and rapid technological changes are reshaping how economies participate in global value chains, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.Greater specialisation in the stages of global production has helped Asia and the Pacific achieve economic growth, create jobs, and reduce poverty over the past quarter century, according to the ADB’s ‘Asian Development Policy Report 2026’.The report found that the region ac…
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Seoul, March 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Sunday that the government could expand a mandatory five-day vehicle rotation system to the private sector if global oil prices rise to US$120-130 per barrel as part of nationwide energy-saving efforts amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.”If the situation worsens, we may have to raise the national resource crisis alert to Level 3,” Koo told a KBS television interview. “In that case, we would extend the vehicle rotation syst…
Seoul, Jan 16 (IANS) A sharp drop in US stock prices similar to the collapse of the dot-com bubble could trigger a steep contraction in US consumer spending, South Korea’s central bank said on Friday, noting the local economy, too, may suffer serious setbacks should such a case occur.According to a recent report by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on U.S. consumption, a 10 per cent decline in US equity prices would reduce annual consumption growth by about 0.3 percentage point, reports Yonhap news agency…