SINGAPORE: Central bankers across Asia-Pacific must consider whether they can afford to wait until their next scheduled policy meetings or respond sooner to mounting global risks from the coronavirus outbreak and oil-price plunge.
The Federal Reserve set the pace with an emergency 50 basis-point interest rate cut last week. None of Asia’s central banks immediately followed the Fed, but some have added liquidity.
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