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Japan calamities to ease exports growth
Elevated oil prices and the full effects of the calamities in Japan will affect the exports as it unfolds.
According to Leif Lybecker Eskesen, Chief Economist for India & ASEAN, and Prithviraj Srinivas, Economics Associate, of HSBC, Singapore exports already saw traces of that with exports to Japan in March declining and with electronics more generally being the weak spot, which could reflect the Japan impact on Asia's supply chain.
NODX growth is holding up. While growth is expected to slow near term due to high oil proces and the impact of the calamities in Japan, the economy will still struggle with tight capacity. The MAS was, therefore, right to tighten.
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