Asia

Japan's manufacturing PMI dropped to an 8-month low

Dwindling export orders halt the index from rising.

China's manufacturing PMI slips to 51.4%

Extreme weather change and maintenance hindered manufacturing growth.

Vietnam's manufacturing growth grows to 52.5%

Automobile growth breathed back life into the sector.

Malaysian exports surge 32.5%

Imports also increased 30.4% in May.

Taiwan's industrial production grows to 3.1%

Higher demand for electronics could be pulling the country up.

Japan CPI inflation remains at 0.4%

Bleak output, wages, and outlook are halting growth in the country.

South Korea GDP growth slows to 2.7% in Q2

Poor exports blocked the country's room for economic growth.

Indonesia's headline inflation rises to 4.37%

Costs stayed high despite government efforts to keep them down.

Thai consumer spending to jump 4%

It will be curbed by higher levels of debt payments.

Asian infrastructure spending to hit US$52t

China, India, and Japan will take up 40% of the global infrastructure spending need.

Malaysian business confidence inches up for Q3

But optimism towards construction and mining sectors contract.

China's economic growth poised to hit 6.9% in Q2

Thanks to strong manufacturing and services sector expansion.

Asian countries' economic growth to hit 5.9% this year

South Asia will register the strongest growth at 7%.

Thailand's exports up 11.7% to US$20.3b in June

Thanks to foreign markets’ robust orders.

Chinese tourism expected to boom in 2020

Chinese tourists’ overseas spending could hit US$429b.

Indonesia's GDP grew 5% in Q1

This is based on results from a retail sales survey. According to OCBC Investment Research, Bank Indonesia’s Retail Sales Survey reveals that Indonesia’s GDP grew 5.0% y-o-y in 1Q17, and is expected to grow 5.1% to 5.2% YoY for 2017 according to recent comments by Bank Indonesia’s deputy governor. In addition, real sales growth in Indonesia grew 4.2% y-o-y in March, with the growth mainly driven by spending on food.