Daniel Moss, Columnist

Asian Banking Is About to Get Interesting

Low global inflation and a cautious Fed have let Asia's monetary policymakers behave predictably. Not for long.

March 28, 2018 at 9:11 PM UTC

Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian economies. Previously, he was executive editor for economics at Bloomberg News.

Wake up, central bankers.
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A period of tranquility in Asian central banking appears to be ending, and that's not a bad thing.

India and Indonesia are probably done cutting interest rates. Their next steps are likely to be hikes, with the Philippines following suit. While these nations' central banks are minnows relative to the Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China, their rate decisions would show that emerging-market policymakers expect their economies to heat up after a long period of calm.