Trump's economic self-immolation sets fire to Asia's markets

Central bankers in Japan, China and South Korea must act creatively and nimbly

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Trump's designs on the Fed's mandate threaten trust in the dollar and U.S. Treasury securities. © AP

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

It's hard to think of a time when central bankers were in the line of fire more than these first months of the Trump 2.0 era.

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