Asia has decoupled from the West: Jim Walker
The founder of research house Asianomics says a technology-driven boom in service industries in Asian emerging markets have made these countries more self-sufficient and less reliant on the West.
Asia has finally decoupled from the West thanks to booming services industries and surging domestic demand, argues veteran economist Jim Walker.
Taking a positive view of the continent's emerging markets, the founder of independent research house Asianomics said the region "has never looked better".
Speaking at last week's Borrowers and Investors Forum organised by FinanceAsia and AsianInvestor, Walker said the decoupling had taken place over the past three years and act…
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