Asian finance chiefs expect COVID-19 vaccines to boost recovery

Asian finance chiefs said Monday they expect their economies, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, to recover this year with the help of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, but still warn of downside risks stemming from the emergence of new mutations and differences in vaccination rates among nations."We expect vaccine rollouts to play a key part in accelerating regional economic recovery," the finance ministers and central bank governors of Japan, China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said in a joint statement after holding a videoconference.While calling for vigilance …READ FULL ARTICLE