Best of the bunny

Much of Asia is about to close down for the lunar new year as we usher in the Year of the Dragon. Few will mourn the passing of the Year of the Rabbit. Like a frustrating game of footy, the Rabbit was a year of two halves. The first half we were hopping merrily along. This rabbit was the Easter Bunny, fluffy and overloaded with candy, and even the Arab Spring was imbued with hope. Then came revised market data, the US debt-ceiling debacle, and the return of the euro crisis. The second…