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This newsletter provides useful context and insight into current economic and financial sector developments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Current Issue
•  July 2008 - Postal Savings Reform Part I: Japan and Korea (PDF - 292KB)
•  July 2008 - Postal Savings Reform Part II: China (PDF - 293KB)

Past Issues

•  April 2008 - The Development of Payment and Settlement Systems in China (PDF - 278KB)
•  March 2008 - Implementing International Financial Reporting Standards in Asia (PDF - 286KB)
•  February 2008 - Vietnam’s Banking Sector (PDF - 286KB)
January 2008 - Record High Remittances to the Philippines (PDF - 323KB)
•  July 2007 - Anti-Money Laundering Reforms and Trends in Asia (PDF - 278KB)
May 2007 - China’s New Foreign Bank Regulations (PDF - 318KB)
March 2007 - China's Banking Sector (PDF - 178KB)
February 2007 - Japan's New Consumer Finance Law (PDF - 33KB)
April 2006 - Japanese Banks and Rising Bond Yields (PDF - 339KB)
•  March 2006 - Indian Banks Tap Markets (PDF - 272KB)
•  Jan 2006 - Korea's Maturing Credit Bureaus (PDF - 167KB)
•  Sept 2005 - Japanese City Banks: Unwarranted Home Loan Expectations (PDF - 252KB)
•  July 2005 - Foreign Banks' New China Strategy (PDF - 382KB)
•  June 2005 - China: An Evolving Housing Market (PDF - 279KB)
•  May 2005 - Indian Banking Reforms (PDF - 160KB)
•  March 2005 - Deposit Insurance Programs in Asia (PDF - 170KB)
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