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Anthony Fensom

Anthony Fensom

Anthony Fensom is an experienced business writer and communication consultant with more than a decade’s experience in the financial and media industries of Australia and Asia.

Having spent four years with Australia’s stock exchange, together with six years in Tokyo, Japan as a full-time writer, he has a keen awareness of the Asia-Pacific’s economic and financial issues.

Posts by Anthony Fensom
February 20, 2024

The Bank of Japan’s Year of Living Dangerously

By Anthony Fensom
Japan looks set to end negative interest rates for the first time in eight years. 

March 06, 2023

Japan’s Difficult Exit From Easy Money

By Anthony Fensom
Japan gets an unconventional new central bank governor at a pivotal time.
January 08, 2023

2023 New Year Resolutions for Asia’s Biggest Economies

By Anthony Fensom
Challenges and prospects for China, Japan, and India's economic growth in 2023.

June 07, 2022

Australia’s New Government Faces an Economic Trial-by-Fire

By Anthony Fensom
Keeping the economic sunshine shining amid growing global tensions and rising inflation, without blowing out the budget, will provide a tough test for the Albanese government.

January 06, 2022

2022 New Year’s Resolutions for Asia’s Biggest Economies

By Anthony Fensom
Parsing the biggest economic challenges for China, Japan, and India.

September 23, 2021

What Will Japan’s New Prime Minister Mean for the Economy?

By Anthony Fensom
The markets are backing the maverick Kono to prevail as the LDP presidential race heats up.
December 31, 2020

New Year Resolutions for Asia’s Biggest Economies

By Anthony Fensom
Will China, Japan, and India get any relief in the Year of the Ox?

October 07, 2020

Suganomics: Abenomics Minus Yasukuni?

By Anthony Fensom
Can Japan's new PM get the economy back on track in a nation facing a global pandemic, mounting debt and adverse demographics?

July 01, 2020

After the Virus: Japan’s Painful Economic Recovery

By Anthony Fensom
Anticipation of an economic windfall in 2020 has fallen flat, but there’s still hope for the post-COVID future.

February 24, 2020

What Would It Cost to Cancel the Tokyo Olympics?

By Anthony Fensom
 Cancelling the Summer Games over coronavirus fears would not be a fatal economic blow for Japan.

February 18, 2020

Coronavirus Deepens India’s Economic Chill

By Anthony Fensom
Key sectors in India’s economy depend heavily on imports from China, where production has come to a near-halt.
February 03, 2020

Coronavirus: The Threat to the Global Economy

By Anthony Fensom
From border closures to factory shutdowns, the epidemic threatens a heavy economic cost.

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