Asia Chart Pack Encouraging signs in Korea Korea looks to have contained its “second wave” of the virus with minimum cost to the economy. There were just 38 newly confirmed cases in Korea today, which was the lowest since early August and down... 29th September 2020 · 13 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Second wave unlikely to completely derail recoveries Having been among the fastest in the world at controlling the initial outbreak, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Korea are all at different stages of a second wave of infections. With new infections in Hong... 26th August 2020 · 14 mins read
Asia Chart Pack A mixed second quarter The second quarter GDP figures for the region that have already been published make for grim reading, but there is a big divergence between countries. In aggregate terms we estimate that Emerging Asia... 28th July 2020 · 13 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Auto sector holding back Korea’s recovery A slump in Korea’s automotive sector, which accounts for around 10% of GDP, is weighing heavily on the country’s prospects. The latest industrial production data which were published today show that... 30th June 2020 · 13 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Some signs of recovery as lockdowns are eased With new infections falling sharply across the region and with lockdowns being eased, economic activity is starting to recover. However, the latest high-frequency data that we track, including routing... 28th May 2020 · 14 mins read
Asia Chart Pack South Asia and Indonesia are a big worry We remain deeply concerned about the rapidly rising number of cases of coronavirus across South Asia as well as Indonesia. A failure to contain the virus would have significant economic consequences... 27th April 2020 · 9 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Policy support being stepped up With economic growth across the region collapsing, policy support is being ramped up aggressively. Having slashed interest rates over the past couple of weeks, central banks have begun to unveil a... 26th March 2020 · 9 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Assessing the impact so far We still don’t have much in the way of hard data, but the figures that have been published so far suggest the coronavirus and the measures that China has taken to contain it, are having a severe... 25th February 2020 · 16 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Coronavirus to prompt further rate cuts Before the coronavirus hit, the latest data suggested the region’s economies had turned a corner. Our regional GDP Tracker nudged up slightly at the end of last year, while GDP figures for Taiwan... 30th January 2020 · 16 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Hong Kong’s troubles benefitting Singapore Singapore’s economy appears to be benefitting from tourists and business travellers shunning Hong Kong. Since the Hong Kong protests intensified in July, tourist arrivals to Singapore have picked up... 17th December 2019 · 15 mins read
Asia Chart Pack More stimulus on the way in Thailand Looser monetary and fiscal policy should help to drive a modest recovery in Thailand over the coming quarters, and we are revising our GDP growth forecast for next year up slightly. Figures released... 26th November 2019 · 15 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Sri Lanka goes to the polls Campaigning ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election, to be held on 16th November, is well underway. President Maithripala Sirisena has already confirmed he will not stand again and will step down... 30th October 2019 · 15 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Fiscal policy being loosened, Indonesia an exception The Indonesian government’s budget for 2020 came a step closer to being passed this week after the parliament’s budgetary committee approved President Joko Widodo’s spending plans for the coming year... 24th September 2019 · 15 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Political risk back on the agenda Despite the poor global outlook, GDP growth across Emerging Asia actually picked up slightly in the second quarter, and our forecast is for a further gradual recovery over the remainder of the year... 26th August 2019 · 16 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Malaysia: rebound in inflation nothing to worry about The jump in the headline rate of inflation in Malaysia last month to 1.5% y/y from 0.2% in May, is unlikely to trouble the central bank (BNM). The rise was due to the effects of the elimination of the... 24th July 2019 · 16 mins read
Asia Chart Pack Government spending rebounds in the Philippines A rebound in government spending is likely to provide a boost to GDP growth in the Philippines over the next few quarters. Fiscal data published earlier this week from the Bureau of the Treasury show... 27th June 2019 · 17 mins read
