Economy
Financial literacy institute to offer free workshops
The newly launched MoneySENSE-SP Institute for Financial Literacy will educate Singaporeans on cash management and investment planning.
Financial literacy institute to offer free workshops
The newly launched MoneySENSE-SP Institute for Financial Literacy will educate Singaporeans on cash management and investment planning.
India rate cuts still likely before 2012 ends
The Reserve Bank of India will wait for the government to curtail fiscal deficit before it unleashes up to 50bps in rate cuts in Q412, says BBVA.
Singapore's earnings growth to rebound to 14% in 2013
Good times are back after a weak 5% growth over the past 6 quarters.
Triple reserve requirement ratio cuts loom in China
China should brace itself for three slashes of 50bps each and another interest rate cut of 25bps in 2012.
Premier Wen Jiabao gets tax cut 'wish list' from firms
To further support China’s economic growth, level of policy fine-tuning will also be slightly increased.
Downside risks to Malaysia's growth prospects loom
Investors in Malaysia still exhibit some cautious play amidst opposing sentiment from the local and global economy, says OCBC.
Thailand's import growth forecast at 15.7% yoy
This is due to the expansion still evidenced in the domestic economy, says OCBC.
Indonesia 2012 growth to plateau at 6%
The 16-year record will not be repeated.
Philippine consumer lending soars to solid growth
Consumer loans rose by 16.3% qoq largely due to 21.1% expansion in residential site loans.
China Q2 GDP drops by 1.9 percentage points YoY
But investment picked up by 23.2% in June, suggesting a stronger sector amid policy easing.
COE prices down 2.9% in June
Prices for the open category eased to SGD84,389 from SGD86,889.
Taiwan June exports suffer negative growth
This slow growth and the 1.77 June CPI should be closely monitored, despite recovery in retail trade and private consumption.
Disappointing Q2 GDP reduces likelihood of monetary tightening
Nomura expects inflation to hit 2.0% in the next three months from 2.7% in May.
Negative Q2 GDP spurs more worries of technical recession
Official forecast full year growth range of 1-3% more likely to be revised downward, says Nomura.
Malaysia's CPI inflation pegged at a 1.7% rise
Low inflation is expected stay range bound between 1.5-1.8% before going back to 2% by the end of 2012.
India June trade deficit narrows to 15-month low
The current value of USD10.3b is expected to dip further to around 3% of GDP in FY13.
India's central bank forecast to lower rates
It will view the moderation in core WPI as pointing to room to lower rates despite the rising headline inflation rate, says DBS.