Interest rates, borrowing costs in APAC to stay high this year, says Moody’s

Moody's predicts that interest rates in the Asia-Pacific region will remain elevated this year, despite moderating inflation. Central banks will adopt a slower pace of monetary tightening, but occasional rate increases may be necessary to guard against inflationary pressures. While the median inflation rate in the region is expected to decline, borrowing costs will stay elevated due to benchmark policy rates remaining above the levels of the last decade. Read The Rest at :