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Nevertheless, he said a key lesson of the Plaza Accord -- signed by major economies 30 years ago -- i</p> <div class="date-area">September 12, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Alan Greenspan interview</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Markets-are-undergoing-long-overdue-adjustment">Markets are undergoing 'long-overdue adjustment'</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Markets-are-undergoing-long-overdue-adjustment"><img src="/web/20160505051619im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201509/20150910/20150910_greenspan3/3308207-1-eng-GB/20150910_greenspan3_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> WASHINGTON -- Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, expressed guarded optimism for the world economy in a recent interview with The Nikkei, downplaying the likelihood that market gyrations portend the bursting of another econo</p> <div class="date-area">September 11, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Neighborhood diplomacy</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/China-extends-Tajikistan-500-million-swap-line-to-keep-currency-afloat">China extends Tajikistan $500 million swap line to keep currency afloat</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- China signed a $500 million currency swap agreement with Tajikistan on Sept. 3 that will provide its Central Asian neighbor with much-needed cash to keep its currency afloat, a spokesperson from the National Bank of Tajikistan </p> <div class="date-area">September 5, 2015 12:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150903-LIVING-TOGETHER/Markets/To-raise-or-not-to-raise-No-direction-out-of-Jackson-Hole">To raise or not to raise? No direction out of Jackson Hole</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming -- In a speech that attracted the attention of market participants around the globe, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer left the door open for a rate rise as soon as September, even as market turbulence cast a cloud </p> <div class="date-area">September 3, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150903-LIVING-TOGETHER/Markets/Nicholas-Spiro-China-the-real-worry-for-emerging-market-investors">Nicholas Spiro: China the real worry for emerging market investors</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> Investor sentiment toward emerging markets remains bleak. Emerging market stocks have lost 10% in dollar terms in August, resulting in a 20% decline over the past three months. In the period between Aug. 19 and 26, emerging market bond funds suf</p> <div class="date-area">September 3, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Signs of pullback growing</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Spiking-gold-to-oil-ratio-points-to-trouble-for-world-economy">Spiking gold to oil ratio points to trouble for world economy</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Spiking-gold-to-oil-ratio-points-to-trouble-for-world-economy"><img src="/web/20160505051619im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201509/20150901/20150901_gold_bars/3259219-1-eng-GB/20150901_gold_bars_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- The world economy is showing signs of stress, as reflected in turbulent global stock markets. Investors and policymakers are on guard, with the outlook China and other emerging economies particularly grim. One closely watched commodity </p> <div class="date-area">September 1, 2015 02:15 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Nicholas Spiro</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Perspectives/China-the-real-worry-for-emerging-market-investors">China the real worry for emerging market investors</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> Investor sentiment towards emerging markets remains bleak. Emerging market stocks have lost 10% in dollar terms this month, resulting in a 20% decline over the past three months. In the period between Aug. 19 and 26, emerging market bond funds s</p> <div class="date-area">August 28, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150827-THE-GREAT-FALL/On-the-Cover/Crisis-takes-its-toll-on-currencies">Crisis takes its toll on currencies</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BANGKOK -- Knee-jerk reactions to Chinese moves in equity markets are currently grabbing headlines. But a longer-term perspective looking at the currency market shows just how deeply connected China has become with the global economy. The Nikkei</p> <div class="date-area">August 27, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150827-THE-GREAT-FALL/On-the-Cover/International-cooperation-will-be-essential">International cooperation will be essential</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- The unrest rippling through global markets will test policymakers' ability to work together, calm investors and maintain economic momentum. Fears of slowing Chinese growth have cast a pall over the global economy and investors are scram</p> <div class="date-area">August 27, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150827-THE-GREAT-FALL/Markets/Unpegged-from-dollar-tenge-goes-wild">Unpegged from dollar, tenge goes wild</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The tenge, Kazakhstan's currency, has been gyrating wildly since the central bank and government suddenly decided on Aug. 20 to ditch its peg to the dollar in response to quickly deteriorating external circumstances. The cu</p> <div class="date-area">August 27, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20150827-THE-GREAT-FALL/Tech-Science/Multiple-factors-lead-to-freak-weather">Multiple factors lead to freak weather</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Abnormal weather patterns have hit many parts of the world this summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Japan, Europe, Central Asia, India and the West Coast of North America have suffered from intense heat. Numerous conditions are believed </p> <div class="date-area">August 27, 2015 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Tied to China</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Market-Turmoil/Crisis-takes-toll-on-currencies">Crisis takes toll on currencies</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BANGKOK -- Knee-jerk reactions to Chinese moves in equity markets are currently grabbing headlines. But a longer-term perspective looking at the currency market shows just how deeply connected China has become with the global economy. The Nikkei</p> <div class="date-area">August 26, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Batten down the hatches</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Market-Turmoil/China-brews-a-global-economic-storm">China brews a global economic storm</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Market participants are rereading a year-old International Monetary Fund paper that took up the question of the global consequences of slower Chinese growth. China's economic ties with the rest of Asia have deepened not only in terms of</p> <div class="date-area">August 26, 2015 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">'New Silk Road'</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Is-China-building-bubbles-or-oases">Is China building bubbles or oases?</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Is-China-building-bubbles-or-oases"><img src="/web/20160505051619im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2015/201508/20150826/20150826_xinjiang/3230154-1-eng-GB/20150826_xinjiang_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> BEIJING -- A development wave is transforming an area along China's border with Kazakhstan that just three years ago boasted little more than a wealth of rocks and sand. 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The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index saw its largest one-day drop in four years, slumping 4.</p> <div class="date-area">August 25, 2015 05:55 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commodities eye</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Uranium-perks-up-on-Asian-demand">Uranium perks up on Asian demand </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BANGKOK -- Prices of uranium, that most volatile and controversial of minerals, have fallen back since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster -- it now sells at $35 per pound on the spot market, after peaking at $140 per pound in 2007. But wi</p> <div class="date-area">August 22, 2015 07:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Infrastructure loan</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/ADB-throws-budget-constrained-Kazakhstan-1B-lifeline">ADB throws budget-constrained Kazakhstan $1B lifeline</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The Asian Development Bank has approved a $1 billion loan to help budget-strapped Kazakhstan to cope better with its current economic challenges, which have already forced the government to ditch the currency peg of the tenge t</p> <div class="date-area">August 22, 2015 12:59 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Making a statement</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/China-to-flaunt-new-weaponry-at-victory-parade">China to flaunt new weaponry at victory parade</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BEIJING -- China seeks to project an image of military power with its parade celebrating victory over Japan in World War II, showing off 12,000 soldiers and an array of weapons being revealed to the public for the first time. The Sept. 3 event, </p> <div class="date-area">August 21, 2015 11:34 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Tenge plummets</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505051619/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Currencies/Kazakhstan-abandons-dollar-peg-amid-oil-slump">Kazakhstan abandons dollar peg amid oil slump</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The currency of oil-rich Kazakhstan fell by more than a quarter Thursday after the government ditched its peg to the U.S. dollar and switched to a free-floating regime. 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