Southeast Asia in a changing global economy

Southeast Asia remains one of the world’s most dynamic economic regions, underpinned by favourable demographics, expanding consumer markets, digitalisation and deepening integration into global trade. Yet the region’s growth story is increasingly uneven, unfolding against a backdrop of tariff escalation, a volatile dollar, tightening fiscal space and an unresolved global rate cycle.

This roundtable brings together policy-makers, economists, investors and business leaders to assess the region’s macroeconomic outlook – including growth, inflation, trade and capital flows – as economies navigate diverging monetary policy paths and shifting global demand. The discussion also considers what this outlook means for investment: where the region’s financing needs are greatest, and where growth and reform are opening genuine opportunities for engagement.