Asia Chart Pack Asia - High inflation derails central bank plans (May 08) Inflation has re-emerged as a unifying theme across many Asian economies in recent weeks. Driven by the continuing high international oil and food prices, persistent upside surprises to inflation have... 6th May 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Japan: GDP growth on course for 2% this year (May 08) Even allowing for a marked slowdown in the second and third quarters, a strong start to the year means that Japanese GDP is still likely to grow by around 2% in 2008. This would be comfortably above... 2nd May 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack China - China’s inflation worries grow even as headline rate falls (May 08) China’s headline inflation eased in March, but there are worrying signs that price pressures may be spreading beyond food. The activity data confirm that the economy remains strong, easing at least... 29th April 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Export outlook darkens (Apr 08) Asian exporters have enjoyed a strong start to the year with continued healthy demand from elsewhere in the region and from Europe helping to offset slower growth of shipments to the US. But the US... 3rd April 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Thai rates set to tumble (Mar 08) Thailand is the only one of these seven economies which is likely to grow faster this year than last. Consumers are still wary, but business investment has picked up during the smooth return to... 4th March 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Japan: Economy to outperform low expectations (Mar 08) Most discussion of the outlook for Japan in 2008 assumes that the two alternatives are a sharp slowdown or an outright recession. However, much of the incoming data actually favours a third scenario... 29th February 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack China: Consumption rebounds (Feb 08) After several years during which wages have grown more slowly than the economy, consumption accounted for barely a third of overall Chinese demand in 2007. But there are a couple of reasons to think... 7th February 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Central banks put to the test (Feb 08) Asia as a whole is in good shape to weather a global slowdown this year, but the contraction in Singapore’s GDP at the end of 2007 underlines that smaller, tradereliant economies will suffer as demand... 31st January 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Japan - Already past the worst? (Jan 08) Japan is not currently in recession as commonly defined (that is, two quarters of negative growth, or a year-on-year decline). But the level of GDP failed to recover fully in the third quarter of last... 2nd January 2008 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Coping with high oil prices (Dec 07) Asia outperformed expectations in the third quarter, with reassuring strength in domestic demand helping to offset a softening in the external environment. However the dramatic rise in oil prices in... 6th December 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack China - China's poorest get an income boost (Nov 07) Continued high inflation is a worry for China’s monetary policy-makers. But higher prices have helped many food producers: real incomes are now growing faster in rural areas than in the cities... 22nd November 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Fed cuts put pressure on South-East Asia to follow suit (Nov 07) Rapid declines in Indian wholesale price inflation have allowed policymakers to breathe somewhat easier. But the economy continues to grow rapidly and industrial activity appears again to be picking... 31st October 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Japan - Incoming data suggest outlook deteriorating (Nov 07) The latest monthly data have mostly been disappointing, confirming that the Bank of Japan will have to tread very carefully if it wants to continue returning interest rates towards more normal levels... 31st October 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack China - China's export ambitions take a hit (Sep 07) The biggest winners from the recent spate of scares over Chinese exports may be Chinese consumers, who have long dealt with product safety concerns far more serious than those experienced in export... 4th September 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Asia - Safe havens from global credit crisis? (Sep 07) While the recent financial market crisis has cast a shadow over the global economy, the latest data suggest that most of the smaller Asian economies are in good shape to weather the storm. India is... 3rd September 2007 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Japan - Economy slowing, but no "hard landing" (Aug 07) For the first time in a long while it is possible to build a reasonable case for worrying about the Japanese economy: our monthly review of the latest data finds causes for concern among both... 14th August 2007 · 1 min read
