Economy
Pakistan
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 10.1% y-o-y in January, up slightly from 9.7% in the previous month. Similarly, wholesale price inflation edged higher to 8.7% y-o-y,...
2012-02-03India
Purchasing managers indices (PMI) for the month of January came in much stronger than expected, posing upside risk on our end-FY2011/12 (April-March) real GDP growth forecast of 6.8%....
2012-02-03Sri Lanka
Headline inflation hit a 26-month low of 3.8% y-o-y in January, falling sharply from 4.9% in the previous month. Meanwhile, core inflation remained unchanged at 4.7% y-o-y. The current...
2012-02-02Bangladesh
Remittance growth jumped from -9.0% y-o-y in November to 18.4% in December, with the monthly inflow hitting a record high of US$1,147.2mn in the last month of 2011. The total amount...
2012-02-02India
The latest trade statistics showed India's trade deficit narrowing in November from the record high seen in the previous month. The monthly deficit fell to US$13.6bn from US$19.6bn...
2012-01-04Pakistan
Pakistan's trade deficit narrowed in November to US$1.1bn from US$1.2bn in the previous month. Export growth edged lower to -0.2% y-o-y (from 9.1%), with earnings coming in at US$1.9bn,...
2012-01-03Bangladesh
In line with our expectations, Bangladesh's cumulative current account balance for the ongoing fiscal year (FY2011/12, July-June) has entered into deficit territory - the first time...
2012-01-03Sri Lanka
Headline consumer price inflation ended 2011 at 4.9% y-o-y, up slightly from the 4.7% rate recorded in November. The average inflation rate through the year was 6.7%, marking a small...
2012-01-03
