Hong Kong

Hong Kong's inflation accelerated for the fourth consecutive month in July 2008, with growth in the composite consumer price index (CPI) registering 6.3% y-o-y, up from 6.1% in June... 2008-09-01

The decline in Hong Kong's purchasing managers' index (PMI) is the latest indication that economic growth in the territory has now peaked, and has underscored our view that downside... 2008-08-06

Hong Kong experienced a second quarter of accelerated growth in Q108 with real GDP growing by 7.1% y-o-y, accelerating from a revised 6.1% in Q407. However, despite the better than... 2008-08-04

Inflation continues to hover around decade highs in Hong Kong, as surging housing rents and food prices push consumer price growth ever higher. Headline CPI inflation accelerated... 2008-06-24

BMI View: GDP growth surprised on the upside in Q108, coming in at 7.1% y-o-y after a revised 6.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. However, we continue to believe that the economy... 2008-06-11

Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong continued to grow in February, despite visitor numbers from mainland China declining as a result of the Lunar New Year holiday and severe winter snow... 2008-04-10

Despite exports rising by a faster-than-expected 7.6% y-o-y in February, the outlook for Hong Kong's merchandise trade remains increasingly uncertain, as weakness across the territory's... 2008-04-10

BMI View: Asian governments have good reasons to fear Kosovo's recent secession from Serbia. Virtually every Asian country has a territory or ethnic minority that has sought or is... 2008-03-10

Hong Kong's purchasing managers' index (PMI) revealed that private-sector growth stagnated in February, following three years of steady expansion, underlining the threat weakening... 2008-03-06

Hong Kong's Q407 GDP figures revealed an acceleration in growth from the previous quarter. The territory registered real GDP growth of 6.7% y-o-y, up from 6.3% in Q307, buoyed by... 2008-03-05