Economy

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Demographics

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Consumption

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Corporate and investment

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The future

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2. Visual Capitalist; Based on 2016 GDP estimates from the IMF, and 2017-2019 growth projections from the World Bank

3 IMF Database; emerging and developing Asia economies include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, People's Republic of, FYR Macedonia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. States of, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam

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