Co-movement (synchronicity) in inflation rates among a set of 13 emerging and developing countries in Asia is shown to … developing economies, in Asia at least …

, in individual emerging market and developing countries in Asia. Notably, we provide evidence that the global monetary … condition is partly responsible for the current account surplus in Asia. We also draw implications for monetary policy …

The perception that Asia''s inflation dynamics is driven by idiosyncratic supply shocks implies, as a corollary, that … there is little scope for a policy reaction to a build-up of inflationary pressures. However, Asia''s fast growth and … may now play a larger role than in the past. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of inflation dynamics in Asia …