April 12 Reuters Asia39;s economic growth could outpace developed countries39; by 5 by end2023 driven by China39;s easing of COVID19 curbs, strong domestic demand and interest rates staying in lessrestrictive territory, said Morgan Stanley economists.

The recent banking stress in the U.S. and Europe strengthens the case for Asia39;s outperformance, MS Asia economists, led by Chetan Ahya, said in a note dated Tuesday.

Lending standards will tighten in the U.S. and Europe, and, in turn, weigh on domestic demand, wrote Ahya.

While this will spill over to Asia in the form of the external demand recovery being constrained, we think Asia will still be able to generate sufficient domestic demand… to continue to allow growth differentials to shift in favour of Asia.

A 5 higher growth than developed markets would be the strongest since 2017, MS notes.

The U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank raised rates by 475 bps and 350 bps, respectively, in a bid to tame inflation their most aggressive pace in recent times but the ratehike cycle in Asia was more subdued, they note.

Additionally, China39;s reopening distributes benefits to the rest of the region, while Asia39;s other three large economies Japan, India and Indonesia all have economyspecific factors driving domestic demand, MS said.

Reporting by Aniruddha Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman

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