Senior Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department
Arief’s research interests include topics related to macroeconomic policy, open macroeconomics and economic modeling. He works in the teams producing the Asian Development Outlook.
Blogs by this Author
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Taper Tantrum 2.0? How Fed’s balance sheet normalization affects Asia
Published on Wednesday, 18 October 2017
It’s high time for emerging Asian markets to prepare themselves for the tighter global financial conditions that Fed balance sheet normalization entails.
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US interest rate hikes: How should Asia respond?
Published on Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Urgent action is needed to reduce leverage levels in case US interest rates rise faster than expected.