Asia's financial turmoil is beginning to make France's recovery look rather fragile after all.

ECONOMIST: Funny weather over France

Nor can Indonesia's economic malaise be blamed, since the Moluccas have been relatively unaffected by Asia's financial turmoil.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

Threatening to withdraw desperately needed funds for Indonesia to repair its economy, wrecked in Asia's financial turmoil, is one possibility.

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Apart from anything else, he knows that the longer he dithers, the bigger the impact could become on Australia's economy from East Asia's financial turmoil.

ECONOMIST: Australia

The slide in the price of gold despite recent financial turmoil in East Asia and tensions in Iraq suggest that it is no longer seen as a safe haven.

ECONOMIST: Losing the Midas touch

BIS's work counts for least where it should matter most: in emerging-market economies such as those in Asia, where weak financial regulation turned currency turmoil into full-fledged economic crisis.

ECONOMIST: Lenses of last resort

"Considering that the financial and currency turmoil in Asia has world-wide roots as well as global consequences, shared international responsibility in restoring economic stability in Asia must be recognized, " said the Philippine foreign minister.

CNN: Waiting To Move Ahead

First, that a lower yen could trigger another round of financial-market turmoil in the rest of East Asia.

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