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Mid-Year Outlook: Policy Easing Supports Asian Bonds
Loosening monetary policy amongst Asia’s central banks should provide a good environment for the region’s debt markets. However, all this could change if the truce between the US and China expires.
The first half of this year has been a story of resilience, with emerging market stocks and bonds recovering from 2018’s dip and delivering better-than-expected returns. In particular, Asian local currency government bonds recorded a total return of 4.7% in US dollar terms*, as measured by Markit iBoxx Pan Asia Bond Index, in the first six months of 2019.
Looking ahead, Asian bonds are expected to stay well supported on the back of moderate growth, low inflation and easing monetar…
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