China’s monetary tightening in 2011 may be mainly in the first half as officials tackle the fastest inflation in more than two years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley said.
 

Japan's economic growth will slow to 1.5 percent in fiscal 2011 from 3.1 percent in the current fiscal year, as consumption further wanes following the expiration of special subsidies and exports fall on slipping demand and a strong yen, the Cabinet Office said in a report on 22 Dec.
 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has upgraded its economic growth forecast for developing Asian economies to 7.9 percent from 7.5 percent.