Economy

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... 2013-05-03

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)... 2013-05-02

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... 2013-05-02

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... 2013-05-02

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... 2013-04-05

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... 2013-04-05

Contrary to our earlier expectations that real GDP growth would stabilise this fiscal year (FY2012/13 [July-June]) from the slowdown witnessed in FY2011/12, economic data so far this... 2013-04-05

From our perspective, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Indian economy is entering the early stages of a cyclical growth bounce on the back of the ongoing easing by the central... 2013-04-05

Against our expectations for broad stability, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed the taka to strengthen in line with the strong and supportive fundamental pressures on the currency –... 2013-02-28

Adding further credence to our view that headline inflation has bottomed out in Pakistan, the latest consumer price inflation (CPI) print ticked up to 8.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January... 2013-02-28