Economy
Pakistan
In line with our view for an uptick in real GDP growth this fiscal year (FY2012/13 [July-June]), manufacturing activity continues to go from strength to strength in the country. Recently-released...
2013-05-31India
The Indian rupee has had a difficult time of late following a major break to the downside in its pennant formation early in May, which signals to us a likely retest of its all-time...
2013-05-31Sri Lanka
In line with our view that Sri Lanka should registered renewed headline weakness through H113 following the bounce in Q412, and further confirming our scepticism regarding the near...
2013-05-30Bangladesh
In line with our view, the preliminary national accounts for FY2012/13 (July-June) published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics showed the country's annual real GDP growth slowing...
2013-05-29India
The monthly growth rate of India eight core industries staged a respectable rebound in March following a 2.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) contraction in February. Indeed, growth shot up by...
2013-05-03Pakistan
In line with our expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) kept its policy rates unchanged in its April monetary policy meeting, despite headline consumer price inflation (CPI)...
2013-05-02Sri Lanka
Consumer price inflation (CPI) figures since March have shown a pronounced softening, broadly in line with our view for disinflation this year. The recently-released figures showed...
2013-05-02Bangladesh
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 7.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in March, down slightly from the 7.9% rate registered in February. The past eight months have seen the headline...
2013-05-02Pakistan
Manufacturing activity continues to improve in Pakistan, which is very much in line with our view for an improvement in real GDP growth this fiscal year (FY2012/13 [July-June]). The...
2013-04-05Sri Lanka
Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) plunged in March, in line with our broad view for disinflation this year and our expectation that inflation would start to head further south...
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