Regional economies are generally sound, with good long term prospects. While Asian banks grapple with new capital rules in the short term, they are likely to withstand long term stress to their operations.

February 19, 2013 | Manu Bhaskaran

The Asia Pacific economies approached 2013 with fairly strong fundamentals in place. Supply side growth drivers remain strong, macro-economic policy is largely sound, intra-regional integration efforts are producing positive results and there are few political risks significant enough to threaten ec...