Economy

Philippine inflation to inch up to 3.1%

Thanks to lower oil prices and well-behaved food prices that brought down healding inflation.

Philippine inflation to inch up to 3.1%

Thanks to lower oil prices and well-behaved food prices that brought down healding inflation.

India GDP growth expected to dip to 6.1%

Good news domestic demand is expected to stay robust with a record-low 5.75% policy rate.

Further 25bps rate cut looms in Korea

Inflation rapidly easing to 1.5% provides room for Bank of Korea to cut rates to 3%.

Chart of the Day: Retail expects drop in business volume

This is mainly because of the decrease in promotional activities as compared to the quarter that had the Great Singapore Sale.

Singapore growth will trail behind three Tiger Cubs

Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia simply have better policy support, says Morgan Stanley.

What you need to know about Singapore's annuity scheme

An annuity scheme is a type of mutual help programme: a group of people pay a lump sum into a common fund and are then entitled to receive a monthly...

Malaysia’s credit profile in trouble

Deterioration in public debt ratios, low and energy-dependent revenues, and structural weaknesses weigh on Malaysia’s credit profile, warns Fitch.

Daily Briefing: Medal controversy, MOM issues stop work order for worksite following collapse

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including that Mentos campaign.

Chart of the Day: No change for services sector

Guess which industry believes the business climate will be less favourable in the second half of 2012.

Social service salaries hiked by up to 15%

Added remuneration should keep Singapore social service professionals competitively compensated.

Korea inflation rockets for four straight months

Price hikes edged inflation higher to 2.73% yoy in July compared from June's 2.56%.

Korea exports slip hits three-year low

Blame the 8.8% decline on massive slump in bulk value of ship exports.

Asian PMIs down

The only good news came from Indonesia, whose PMI improved from the previous month and stayed in expansion territory.

Possibility of rate cut in Korea rises

Growth is slowing more than expected while the predicted recovery is being delayed, says DBS.

Daily Briefing: What did a Singaporean do to be fined S$4,710?

Here are the day’s stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about.

Indonesia exports further slumps 16.4%

To make matters worse, trade deficit widens to a whopping $1.3bn.