Bloomberg India is considering a proposal to increase import duties on a raft of products ranging from plastic to steel as it seeks to curb a ballooning current-account deficit and prop up a sagging rupee, people familiar with the matter said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration is planning to increase tariff on items including furniture, chemicals and mobile phone components. ...

Bloomberg Singapore home prices may rise as much as 10 percent by the end of next year and are on track to double by 2030 as faster income growth overpowers recent property curbs and higher interest rates, according to according to Morgan Stanley. Home prices rose in four of the five previous rate hike cycles, Morgan Stanley analysts said in ...

Bloomberg A regular client of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), investors are asking whether Pakistan’s 13th loan program since the late 1980s will finally break a cycle of financial crashes and bailouts. Pakistan’s history of taking the lender’s money while dragging its heels on economic reforms suggest otherwise. With Islamabad now formally requesting IMF aid — seeking to raise anywhere ...