Hong Kong

The decline in Hong Kong's purchasing managers' index (PMI) is the latest indication that economic growth in the territory has now peaked, and has underscored our view that downside... 2008-08-06

Hong Kong experienced a second quarter of accelerated growth in Q108 with real GDP growing by 7.1% y-o-y, accelerating from a revised 6.1% in Q407. However, despite the better than... 2008-08-04

BMI View: GDP growth surprised on the upside in Q108, coming in at 7.1% y-o-y after a revised 6.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. However, we continue to believe that the economy... 2008-06-11

Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong continued to grow in February, despite visitor numbers from mainland China declining as a result of the Lunar New Year holiday and severe winter snow... 2008-04-10

Despite exports rising by a faster-than-expected 7.6% y-o-y in February, the outlook for Hong Kong's merchandise trade remains increasingly uncertain, as weakness across the territory's... 2008-04-10

BMI View: Asian governments have good reasons to fear Kosovo's recent secession from Serbia. Virtually every Asian country has a territory or ethnic minority that has sought or is... 2008-03-10

Hong Kong's purchasing managers' index (PMI) revealed that private-sector growth stagnated in February, following three years of steady expansion, underlining the threat weakening... 2008-03-06

Hong Kong's Q407 GDP figures revealed an acceleration in growth from the previous quarter. The territory registered real GDP growth of 6.7% y-o-y, up from 6.3% in Q307, buoyed by... 2008-03-05

The Hong Kong dollar has moved sharply higher of late, in line with broad-based US dollar weakness. However, with the Hong Kong dollar pegged to its US counterpart, the HKD will... 2008-03-03

Despite exports rising by a faster-than-expected 8.2% y-o-y in December 2007, the outlook for Hong Kong's merchandise trade remains increasingly uncertain, as weakness across the... 2008-02-12