Posted by:
Nick Clifford
Associate Director, Corporate Consulting, Asia Pacific

In the opening General Session – moderated by John Forrest from Jones Lang LaSalle – Dr Jim Walker, Founder and Managing Director of Asianomics, provided what he described as a view of the world that was not tinted, but realistic.

With a “Scottish economist applying the Austrian approach of economics to Asia” we were introduced to some very different concepts to those we may have heard before.

So what did he have to say about Asia? Click here to read my full session report and find out what Dr Walker had to say about the three big economies of Japan, China and India.

Nick

Posted by:
David Brown
Head of Lease Administration, Asia Pacific

In this morning’s opening session, How Economic Pressures Shape the Dynamic Society, Dr Jim Walker (Founder and Managing Director of Asianomics) gave us a fascinating look at the potential future economic landscape in Asia Pacific.

We have been feeling a renewed confidence in Asia with the return to business growth in many markets. However, the picture painted by Jim was not quite as rosy as you might expect.

He suggested that the US economy could dip within the next six months. He was also quite downbeat on the forecast for China. On the upside, he was quite bullish in his outlook for South East Asia and had confidence in some of the fundamentals in India.

It will be very interesting to see how this conversation develops over the next two days.

David