Asia

Korea growth not all cheery: RBS

Its economy expanded 0.4% qoq in Q411 but exports are at their weakest in years.

Korea growth not all cheery: RBS

Its economy expanded 0.4% qoq in Q411 but exports are at their weakest in years.

China will demolish its property curbs: Kim Eng

Drastic easing of policies foreseen in 2H12 as China tries to stop a housing meltdown.

Snipped profits for Indian paper producers

Why the glum forecast from Fitch when a demand boom is imminent in 2012?

Indian banks burdened with bad loans?

Share of loans restructered could ballon to 8% in the coming year, warns Fitch.

India market faces rocky ascent

The Sensex will grow 14% but there are gaping risks for stock pickers, says Morgan Stanley.

More policy easing expected in China

Economist says ongoing slowdown of investment and exports implies more headwinds to growth.

How to keep China and India chugging along

Consumption and investment will reignite the cooling economies, respectively.

Inflation shows signs of easing in Malaysia

Rate cuts are likely as early as in the first half of the year, says an economist.

Extended dry spell for Chinese grocery retailers

Another quarter of weak sales foreseen after six months of hardship with recovery likely to start only by 2Q12.

Strong brake on Chinese property investment: OCBC

But will it reach abysmal single-digit growth in 2012?

Firms betting big on Shanghai commercial property

Even residential developers like Yanlord are padding their office and retail portfolios, says Colliers.

What are policy makers to do amidst continued decline in FX reserves?

Trailing inflation risks, according to Morgan Stanley, are constraining the willingness of policy makers to act in a pre-emptive fashion.

Indian cement companies in for a cash squeeze

Threat of lower profits may cause a liquidity scare, warns Fitch.

Inflation pressures loom as Bank Indonesia keeps policy rates on hold

BI is expected to lower rates further, but an economist believes this will eventually necessitate a policy reversal.

Was Taiwan's economic opening to China a mistake?

Expected rise in trade and investment have not yet materialized, says DBS.

Are New Year celebrations clouding China data?

The burgeoning scale of festivities may have caused seasonal distortions.