Asia Data Response Singapore GDP (Q4 Revised) Today’s revised estimate of Singapore’s fourth quarter GDP confirmed that the economy ended last year strongly. However, it will face headwinds in 2016. While we think export conditions will improve... 24th February 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Malaysia GDP (Q4) Malaysia’s economy slowed further in Q4, with growth dropping to 4.5% y/y from 4.7% the quarter before. Against a backdrop of low commodity prices and high household debt, the slowdown looks set to... 18th February 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Thailand GDP (Q4) Thailand’s growth eased slightly in the final quarter of 2015, to a seasonally-adjusted 0.8% q/q from 1.0% the quarter before. While fiscal spending should help prop up the economy in 2016, the pace... 15th February 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Indonesia GDP (Q4) Indonesia’s growth picked up to 5.0% y/y in Q4, from 4.7% in Q3, but the expansion was still well below the 5.8% average recorded over the past decade. Looking ahead, looser monetary policy should... 5th February 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Manufacturing PMIs (Jan.) The January PMIs for Emerging Asia were generally disappointing and underline the fragility of the region’s manufacturing recovery. 1st February 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Taiwan GDP (Q4 Advanced) Taiwan’s economy climbed out of recession last quarter and we expect the recovery to gain momentum this year, as growth in Taiwan’s main trading partners picks up and domestic demand strengthens. 29th January 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Philippines GDP (Q4) Growth in the Philippines picked up again in the fourth quarter and looks set to gain more momentum in 2016. The domestic economy is in very good health but, perhaps surprisingly given the current... 28th January 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Korea GDP (Q4 Preliminary) It always looked inevitable that Korea’s economy would lose some momentum in the final quarter of 2015, after the strong rebound in Q3. However, we expect growth to pick up again in the coming... 26th January 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Manufacturing PMIs (Dec.) While Asian manufacturing conditions remain lacklustre, the broad-based rise in Emerging Asia's PMIs for December is encouraging and suggests that the region’s manufacturing sectors are on the path to... 4th January 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Singapore GDP (Q4 Advanced) Singapore’s economy looks to have ended 2015 strongly, but we shouldn’t get too carried away. The advanced estimate is not a reliable guide to final GDP figures and, even if that were not the case... 4th January 2016 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Sri Lanka GDP (Q3) We would be wary of reading too much into today’s GDP figures from Sri Lanka, which suggest the economy slowed sharply in the third quarter. The country’s statistical office has recently rebased its... 15th December 2015 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Indonesia CPI (Nov.) Consumer price inflation in Indonesia dropped back sharply in November as the impact of last year’s hike in subsidised fuel prices dropped out of the annual comparison. Looking ahead, inflation looks... 1st December 2015 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Manufacturing PMIs (Nov.) At best, Emerging Asia's PMIs for November suggest that the region’s manufacturing sectors are past the worst of this year’s downturn. But conditions generally remain weak, while the decline in... 1st December 2015 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Philippines GDP (Q3) Although the Philippines economy did not gain as much momentum as expected in the third quarter, it remains one of the region’s bright spots. What’s more, we think that improvements to the business... 26th November 2015 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Singapore GDP (Q3 Revised) The sizeable upward revision to Singapore’s Q3 GDP growth will ease some of the worst concerns over its economy, but subdued prospects for global demand and rising local interest rates hang over the... 25th November 2015 · 1 min read
Asia Data Response Thailand GDP (Q3) Thailand's growth picked up in the third quarter, to a seasonally-adjusted 1.0% q/q from a revised 0.3% the quarter before. While the worst should now be over for Thailand’s economy, the recovery is... 16th November 2015 · 1 min read
