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Japan’s sovereign credit rating downgrade to Aa2 is not surprising: DBS

Japan’s sovereign credit rating downgrade to Aa2 is not surprising: DBS

After all, Japan’s outstanding public debt equivalent to 200% of GDP is already the world’s highest.

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China may have 9% GDP growth in 2012

And annual average of CPI inflation could be 4%.

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China beats the United States as the largest PC market in the world

PC shipments in China amounted to a whopping US$11.9b, beating those of the United States by US$200m.

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Taiwan’s industrial production up by 2.4% in July

Domestic demand growth remains impressive with retail sales rising by 1.3%.

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China’s flash manufacturing PMI rises to 49.8% in August

HSBC says recent export growth was strong, with shipments expanding by 22% y-o-y in 2Q.

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Thailand's 2.6% GDP in Q2 2011 disappoints expectations

The expenditure breakdown shows private consumption contracted by 1.3% QoQ.

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@Onlineads#likes: 73% of South East Asians highly influenced by ads in social media

And 69% SEA consumers have ‘liked’ or followed a brand or company.

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What you need to know about the South Asian economy

If US tips into recession, it would directly hit exports from Asia and indirectly dent confidence and spending.

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Real estate transaction volumes in Japan plunge 74.6%

Blame it on extremely cautious investors who carefully evaluate investment opportunities.

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Direct realty dealings in China up 13.1% in Q2 2011

And Singaporean purchasers have dominated the largest transactions with three of the five largest Chinese deals.

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Testing times: Indian economy to further slowdown to only 7.2% in 2012

What could be India’s way out of the slowdown?

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Don’t panic: China’s economy still stable

If GDP growth is only 8% but there is no systemic unemployment, China will be fine.

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Philippine remittances suffer from currency strength

The Philippine Peso has strengthened by close to 6% against other currencies since early 2010.

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Japan’s GDP shrinks 1.3% in 1Q11

The contraction was led by exports of good and services which dropped by 4.9%.

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Indian monthly trade deficit widened to US$11.1b in July

Trade deficit is expected to stay in the range of 7-8% of GDP.

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Philippine exports plunged 10.2% in June

Electronics exports, which account for more than 50% of total exports, contracted 23.9%.

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China’s CPI to be around 6% in August

And manufacturing PMI could weaken further, possibly falling below 50.

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