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Opinion

Beware the next Asian debt crisis

Rising US interest rates are starting to bite over-borrowed companies and households

| Southeast Asia

The U.S. Federal Reserve's latest interest hike this week is an uncomfortable reminder to Asian borrowers about the risks of financial complacency.

Businesses and households in the region have for too long appeared oblivious of the danger of a new debt crisis, despite growing warnings of such risks -- and the fact that even after two hikes already in 2018, the Fed is signaling there are more to come before the year is out.

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