Economy
South Korea
BMI View: South Korea's current account dipped into deficit in January for the first time since January 2009. The shift from a US$1.5bn surplus in December to a US$0.4bn deficit...
2010-03-04Taiwan
BMI View Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves hit a record US$350.7bn at the end of January, up US$2.5bn from the previous month. Despite having a population of only 23mn, Taiwan maintains...
2010-02-08Hong Kong
We have bumped up our average consumer price inflation forecast for Hong Kong for 2010 to 2.5% from 1.8% previously, but we are comfortable sticking to our below-consensus end-year...
2010-02-05South Korea
BMI View: South Korea's record breaking US$42.7bn current account surplus in 2009 helped its economy bounce back from the jaws of recession. While we expect further export gains...
2010-02-05China
China's real GDP growth came in at 10.7% y-o-y in Q409, the fastest pace since Q407, as fixed investment continued to boom and consumer spending growth accelerated. These factors...
2010-02-05China
Despite China's stronger-than-expected 2009 real GDP growth figure of 8.7%, and the breakneck 10.7% y-o-y Q409 outturn, we continue to see a slowdown in H210 as the heavy engineering...
2010-01-21China
Imports reached US$94.6bn in November, up 9.0% m-o-m and a staggering 26.2% y-o-y. Meanwhile, exports came in at US$113.7, up 2.6% m-o-m, and down 1.2% y-o-y. Indicating a level of...
2010-01-07Hong Kong
With the Fed likely to keep interest rates at or near zero throughout 2010, we believe that the HKMA will have to enact further banking sector specific measures aimed at cooling the...
2010-01-07
