The Cost of War

This week, we account for the cost of the fighting in Ukraine.
These include the sanctions on Russia; the closures in Ukraine;
the energy shortages in Europe; and surging global oil prices,
commodities rates and inflation.


Which sectors are feeling the most pressure? How exposed is Asia?
And what’s the impact on the street?


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In this episode, Jack Stone Truitt reports on the state of the
global sanctions regime (02:55), Alice French reports on rising
prices in Japan as she debuts with our new segment, "The Tokyo
Dispatch," (07:55) and J.P. Morgan’s managing director of
emerging-markets strategy, Saad Siddiqui, assesses the big
picture of the macroeconomic impact of the war (12:22).


Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor and
executive producer, and produced by both him and Jack Stone
Truitt.


Related to this episode:


From Samsung to Sony, Asia tech grapples with Russia sanctions


Ukraine from Feb. 24 to March 9: Over 2.1m people have fled
country, UNHCR estimates


Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis