Asia
Indonesia hungry for foreign direct investment to meet GDP growth target
Indonesia hungry for foreign direct investment to meet GDP growth target
Particularly in the manufacturing sector.
Six-year low: HK retail sales growth plunge to -0.2%
Amid a mixed bag of factors.
Risks of a front-loaded rate cut loom amid India’s easing inflation
And more central banks jumping the easing bandwagon.
Fiscal spending crucial for Indonesia’s 2015 GDP growth
Investment growth has been sluggish.
Japan economy rebounds on strong production
Unemployment rate fell further to 3.4% in December.
Steady consumption to continue to bolster PH GDP growth in 2015
Amid a sharp decline in inflation.
China stock market almost completely reverses previous loss
It fell only by 0.7% w/w.
Japan’s exports still negative apart from weak yen
There’s more to the “rosy figures”.
China business sentiment sinks in January on back of sharp drop in production and new orders
This is the lowest since October.
Inflation expectations see sharpest decline in 6 years
Amid the plunge in crude oil prices.
Malaysia’s fiscal deficit to balloon in 2015 on back of oil rout
The deficit could widen further in 2016.
Remittances to anchor current account balance
Full-year numbers set to hit a record-high USD24b.
Foreign investors keep IDgov bonds afloat in 2014
11.8bn of fund inflows was recorded last year.
Indian markets stumble on external triggers
The main benchmark SENSEX is down 3%.
Weakening rupiah to keep investment growth sluggish in 2015
It lost almost 2% against the dollar on Monday.
Indian stock markets down 5%
Investment and production cycle are slow to turn around.
Thailand GDP to come in below 1% this year
It was not what everyone expected.
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