Asia needs infrastructure not just to battle climate change but to continue its wealth - creating economic growth as it becomes the world's
largest economic bloc.
Not exact matches
Indonesia is the
largest country in the 10 - member Asean
bloc, with more than 260 million people and
economic growth of 5 per cent last year.
With an energy - related rebound in inflation fading, signs of improving
economic conditions need to be put into perspective — despite the strong performance of Germany, the
bloc's
largest economy — as the output gap across the region as a whole remains
large, and so does the slack in its labor market.
Business and
economic sentiment surveys in the euro
bloc's
largest economy have pointed to worsening growth expectations.