Asia is showing signs of particular vulnerability to the current oil price spike at a turbulent time for the region.
As the communique from the Asean+3 finance ministers summit warned earlier this month, rising food and energy prices, unexpected monetary policy normalisation in advanced economies, and supply chain disruptions heightened by the Russia-Ukraine conflict are likely to "pose downside risks to the outlook for the region's trade and investment, growth, and inflation".
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