Economy

Malaysia's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) slowed from 3.4% y-o-y in October to 3.3% in November and we expect inflationary pressures to continue to cool over the coming months.... 2012-01-09

Inflation in the Philippine economy took a small step back in July, printing at 5.1% year-on-year, compared with 5.2% a month earlier. Inflation in the archipelago has been stubborn... 2011-09-05

Singapore's real GDP growth came in at an annualised -6.5% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted) in Q211, a steep contrast to the 27.2% expansion recorded in the preceding quarter.... 2011-09-05

Consumer price inflation came in at 4.6% y-o-y in June, down from 5.5% y-o-y in May, while core inflation also hedged down slightly. The slowdown in inflation seen in recent months... 2011-08-02

We have revised up Indonesia's budget deficit forecast for 2011 from 1.4% of GDP to 1.8% of GDP owing primarily to an increase in fuel subsidy costs, which continue to make up a substantial... 2011-08-02

Indonesia's disinflationary trend took a breather in August, with headline CPI registering an increase to 4.79% year-on-year from 4.6% a month earlier. Nevertheless, the slightly above-consensus... 2011-08-02

Inflation in Singapore is proving to be more stubborn than anticipated, and with broad money supply growth starting to pick up again, we are bumping up our full-year consumer price... 2011-07-29

The Philippine peso strengthened considerably in July, surpassing its November 2010 high of PHP42.55/US$ to trade at PHP42.12/US$ as of July 28. The latest bout of strength in the PHP... 2011-07-28

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew 7.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in May, compared with a 2.0% y-o-y decline in April. The faster-than-expected rise was driven by non-electronics... 2011-06-29

The Philippines' real GDP growth came in at 4.9% year-on-year in Q111, slowing substantially from the 6.1% print recorded in the preceding quarter. The latest figure was in line with... 2011-06-29