Economy

As Beijing struggles to smoothly tighten monetary conditions in order to rein in runaway inflation, it is now facing the prospect of having to deal with a surge in provincial spending,... 2008-01-10

An expected bumper fiscal surplus in FY2007/08 (April-March) - which some estimates have placed close to US$13bn - is likely to see Finance Secretary John Tsang introduce more tax... 2008-01-10

BMI View We retain our 5.0% GDP growth estimate for 2007 while acknowledging downside risks to our 5.1% forecast for 2008 as South Korean exports are likely to be affected by a weaker... 2008-01-09

BMI View: Taiwanese exports posted another record month in December 2007, but we see the prospects for 2008 as being considerably bleaker as the current weakness of the US economy... 2008-01-07

Having seen average monthly appreciation of 0.45% through the first ten months of 2007, the yuan gained 0.84% in November, and 1.30% in December (the largest monthly gain since the... 2008-01-04

BMI View: We now see downside risks for our 2008 growth forecast of 5.1% as South Korea's important export sector faces growing headwinds and domestic sentiment is starting to falter.... 2008-01-02

BMI View: We have raised our 2007 real GDP forecast to 5.1% from 4.5% on the back of very strong Q307 (6.92% y-o-y) growth and a sharp rise in personal consumption. However, we expect... 2007-12-03

BMI View: The South Korean economy expanded at a rate of 5.2% y-o-y in Q307, prompting us to raise our full-year GDP growth for 2007 from 4.7% to 5.0%. South Korean exports have held... 2007-12-03

Consumer price growth leapt to 3.2% y-o-y in October from 1.6% in the previous month, as a waiver on property rates ended and food prices surged. Food inflation came in at a massive... 2007-11-30

Real GDP data for Q307 has indicated that China remains on track to achieve its fastest annual expansion in 14 years. Even though y-o-y growth of 11.5% in Q307 represented a slowdown... 2007-11-30