As inflation continues to impact global economies, Asia-Pacific is the only region that will see real salary growth in 2023, according to ECA International.
Growth in developing East Asia and Pacific is outpacing the rest of the world, but the region will likely see slower growth in 2024 amid headwinds in China and broader policy uncertainty, according to the World Bank.
"It is a region that is still outperforming the rest of the world, but it is underachieving relative to its own potential," Aaditya Mattoo, East Asia and Pacific chief economist at the World Bank, told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" on Monday.
Growth in the region is expected to ease to 4.5% this year, slowing from last year's 5.1% expansion, according to the bank's East Asia and Pacific (EAP) update for 2024, which was released Monday.
However, excluding China, growth in the region is predicted to reach 4.6% this year — higher than 4.4% in 2023.
Persons:
CNBC's
Organizations:
ECA International, World Bank
Locations:
Asia, Pacific, East Asia, headwinds, China