The ratings agency with a positive outlook on the Asia Pacific region

  • APAC sovereign outlook for 2018 stable as favorable growth balances high leverage
  • Economic strength in AAPAC, and high levels of trade openness leave its sovereigns well-positioned to benefit from stronger global GDP growth
  • Moody's expects APAC emerging markets to grow by 6.5% in 2018, frontier economies by 5.9% and advanced economies by 1.8%.
  • India and China remain the fastest growth economies in the APAC region
  • Gradual moderation in China growth and temporary slowdown in India will be balanced by robust growth trends in other Asian economies

  • Continues to assume that probability of conflict is low in APAC, albeit with high credit impact, mainly for Korea but also for Vietnam, Japan