Asia Key Themes 2026 – A year of paybacks and policy offsets

Asia will enter 2026 on an unexpectedly firm footing. Despite facing higher tariffs than any other region, intra-Asian supply chains reorganised with notable agility, helping the region navigate external tariff-related headwinds more effectively than most.

Quiet but meaningful pockets of domestic resilience across the region also contributed, too. We examine how supportive policies will anchor the region’s soft landing in 2026, how regional overcapacity may continue to evolve, and the outlook for Asia’s consumers after a difficult few years.

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Speakers

Louise Loo

Louise Loo is the Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics. She leads the firm’s macroeconomic research and forecasting efforts on Greater China.

Prior to joining Oxford Economics, she was a senior economist at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. At Goldman Sachs, she was also a long-term advisor to China Ministry of Finance and the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with regards to their sovereign credit ratings.

Louise is a regular contributor to various international financial news outlets and has earned Economics and public policy degrees with Sheffield University and Columbia University.

Head of Asia Economics