Economy
South Korea
South Korea's industrial production expanded for the twelfth consecutive month. Output grew by 16.9% y-o-y and 1.4% m-o-m in June, following revised growth figures of 21.7%y-o-y and...
2010-08-02Taiwan
Taiwan's unemployment rate edged up slightly in June to 5.16% from 5.14% in May. The increase was partly attributed to the graduation season. In contrast, the seasonally-adjusted figures...
2010-08-02China
The Chinese yuan's short-term appreciatory trend against the US dollar appears to have come to an end, despite the recent weakness of the dollar. The CNY/US$ exchange rate now stands...
2010-08-02Hong Kong
Hong Kong's annual inflation rate rose to 2.8% y-o-y in June, up from 2.5% y-o-y in May. This is in line with our expectations of a strong H110 showing for Hong Kong. However, we expect...
2010-07-30China
BMI View: In line with our expectations, the Bank of Korea (BoK) kicked off Q310 with a 25bps interest rate hike. With Q210 real GDP coming in at an impressive 1.5% q-o-q, we see...
2010-07-27South Korea
South Korea's Q210 real GDP growth figure beat expectations, coming in at 5.9% on seasonally-adjusted annualised basis. Despite the strong outturn, we expect the pace of growth to...
2010-07-26Uganda
Inflation showed further signs of bottoming in June 2010, coming in at 4.4% y-o-y following a 4.3% reading in May. Although core inflation was stable at 4.6% y-o-y, it rose by 1.1%...
2010-07-23Kenya
The Kenyan shilling has depreciated significantly against the US dollar in recent months. As trade with east Africa has picked up in 2010, Kenya's import bill, which is largely funded...
2010-07-22
