Asia

Thailand to enforce THB300 minimum wage

This policy will be rolled out starting next year.

Thailand to enforce THB300 minimum wage

This policy will be rolled out starting next year.

Thailand figures still point to weak external demand

Export components have yet to show signs of a turnaround.

Korea's external position continues to improve

Short-term external debt fell by US$8.1 billion in Q3.

Taiwan exports tick up 3.2% in October

Question now is: Can it be sustained?

Taiwan's BOP surplus forecast to have widened

Thanks partly to the recovery in foreign investment in the TAIEX market.

Here's why Thailand must be thankful for its domestic demand

It contributed this much to the country's 3%GDP growth.

China's consumer confidence rockets to 16-month high

Policy easing pushed the index to 106.1 in October.

China property prices rise for fifth consecutive month

Government on standby to act against overheating.

Property prices in China rebound

This even as the tightening measures remain intact.

Malaysia shocks peers with 5.2% economic growth

Thanks to rocketing domestic demand and investment spending.

Philippines to hit 5.6% full-year growth for 2012

Growth may ease in H2 but headline data still gives a glimpse of positive results.

Taiwan's export orders to edge up to 2%

And industrial production is also foreseen to increase to 4.7%.

Hong Kong Q3 rebound suggests slowdown has hit bottom

Modest recovery underway, says Hang Seng Bank.

Japan at risk of entering 3rd technical recession

The country has downgraded its economic assessment for a fourth month.

South Korea not too worried about household debt

BOK says it does not pose any systemic risk at this point.

Philippine exports up 22.8% in September

Consensus expectation was a mere 4.6% increase.