Good MornING Asia - 5 March 2018

If exit polls can be trusted Italy is headed for political gridlock, or perhaps eventually new elections after Sunday's voting. Germany has solved its political indecision, with an SPD / CDU coalition now agreed. Trump's tariff announcement last week seems to be heading towards global trade wars, with apparently no exemptions. Constitutional changes in China will allow President Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely.

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Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Gridlock, war and progress

If Italian exit polls can be trusted (they have been wrong in the past) Italy is headed for political gridlock, or perhaps eventually new elections after…

China

China: Stability guaranteed

Constitutional changes in China will allow President Xi Jinping to serve as president indefinitely. What does this mean for the economy?

China

Keep an eye on reforms in China’s Two Sessions

This year's "Two Sessions" will be different from previous years, as President Xi extends his tenure. Reforms will be under the spotlight.…

Japan

Japan: Something fishy

Rising prices for salted fish-guts (among other things) could force the Bank of Japan to trim its qualitative and quantitative easing programme

Thailand

Thailand: Just keeping afloat

The latest price data dashes the central bank’s hopes of inflation hitting the 1-4% policy target in the coming months