Economy

Malaysia's economy expanded by 5.3% y-o-y in Q310, slowing considerably from the 8.9% figure recorded in Q210. Notable, private consumption and investment growth came in relatively... 2010-11-26

The strong economic rebound over the last few quarters saw Singapore's unemployment rate hover at a low of 2.1% in Q310, sharply lower than the 3.4% seen in Q309. The residential unemployment... 2010-11-25

According to data released by Indonesia's Ministry of Finance, the government had disbursed only IDR556.3trn (US$61.8bn), which amounted to just 56% of the budget allocated for 2010,... 2010-11-25

The consumer price inflation (CPI) for Malaysia came in at 1.8% y-o-y in September, decelerating from the 2.1% figure recorded in August. The largest contributor to inflationary pressures... 2010-10-26

Merchandise exports grew by a firm 36.0% y-o-y in July 2010, far outpacing the 16.2% rise in imports. Going forward, we believe strong demand for Philippine intermediary electronic... 2010-10-01

The Malaysian economy expanded by a firm 8.9% y-o-y in Q210, from 10.1% figure recorded in Q110. Given the strong results, we have bumped up our economic growth forecast for 2010 to... 2010-10-01

In view of the upsurge in international investment interest in the Philippines, we have revised our 2010 and 2011 end-year forecasts for the Philippine peso to PHP44.50/US$ and PHP45.50/US$... 2010-10-01

Indonesia's inflation rate reached a 16-month high of 6.4% y-o-y in August amid the rise in food prices in the lead up to Ramadan celebrations in September. In our view, consumer prices... 2010-09-29

The SIBOR has been trending lower since the global financial crisis hit in 2008 and is currently near its all-time low of 0.56%. This is unsurprising because the SIBOR is largely linked... 2010-09-29

We maintain our end-2010 target for the Malaysian ringgit at MYR3.3000/US$, depreciating from the MYR3.1250/US$ level as of early September 2010. Indeed, our bearish ringgit view ties... 2010-09-02