Asia Economics Weekly Assessing the fallout from Thailand's flood disaster Thailand’s flood situation deteriorated in early November, with water breaking through defences and flowing further into Bangkok and its surrounding provinces. Agriculture, manufacturing and tourism... 7th November 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand’s central bank in no rush to adjust policy The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept its cash rate at 2.5% today, as was widely anticipated. Post-earthquake rebuilding over the next few years will lift local price pressures and so the RBNZ... 28th October 2011 · 1 min read
Global Economics Focus Sovereign Debt: are the emerging markets immune? Emerging markets are not immune from the deepening debt crisis in the developed world, but most are well-placed to deal with the fallout. China faces a difficult structural transition of its own but... 21st October 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand rates to remain on prolonged hold The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) left its key interest rate at 2.5% today, as anticipated, citing the deterioration in external conditions and escalation in financial market risks. The RBNZ... 16th September 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Supply-chain disruptions temporarily hit growth Q2 GDP figures reported so far within emerging Asia have tended to be weak, with some analysts suggesting that sluggish growth in the US and euro-zone have stalled growth in Asia. This seems premature... 27th August 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand’s “insurance cut” to be reversed in September The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has signalled that its policy rate will soon be raised from a post-earthquake emergency level, provided its worst fears for the global economy do not materialise... 29th July 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Weekly Interest rates to rise in the Philippines The Philippines’ central bank (BSP) will announce its latest policy decision on Thursday. As with elsewhere in the region, the BSP faces a dilemma as it looks to keep inflationary pressures under... 26th July 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Chart Pack Global risks may delay policy tightening Inflation remains a concern across most of the region. Central banks in Taiwan and Thailand have hiked their policy rates in recent weeks, while the central bank in Malaysia increased its reserve... 22nd July 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economic Outlook End of Asia’s policy tightening in sight Policy rates across Emerging Asia are likely to rise further towards pre-crisis levels in the coming months. However,tightening cycles should end next year with rates below their 2008 peaks. Most... 1st July 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand set for a prolonged fiscal tightening Despite 2011 being an election year, New Zealand’s government today announced a budget with few giveaways. The aim to move back into a surplus by 2014-15 will be tough to achieve, especially if... 19th May 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update RBNZ to resume tightening by year-end As expected, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) left its policy rate on hold at 2.5% today, after cutting by 50bp last month in response to the Christchurch earthquakes. Admittedly, the RBNZ will... 28th April 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand set for a challenging year Today’s Q4 GDP figures confirm that New Zealand’s recovery was struggling to gain traction at the end of last year. Growth will be weak in the near term following the recent earthquakes, but we expect... 24th March 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand's cash rate to rise sooner than markets expect The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) yesterday cut its cash rate by 50bp to 2.5% in response to last month’s devastating earthquake in Christchurch. The RBNZ made it clear that it intends to stay in... 11th March 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand's Reserve Bank continues to wait and see The decision by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) to leave the cash rate at 3.0% for the fourth consecutive meeting was universally expected. We anticipate that the upswing will gain more... 27th January 2011 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand set for a prolonged fiscal tightening The half-yearly Economic and Fiscal Update published overnight in New Zealand makes it clear that the May Budget will be a tough affair even though 2011 will be an election year. It is essential that... 14th December 2010 · 1 min read
Asia Economics Update New Zealand to keep policy rates unchanged for longer The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) left the cash rate at 3.0% earlier today, as expected. What’s more, the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was downbeat, yet again. We have adjusted our forecast... 9th December 2010 · 1 min read
