Emerging Asia Chart Pack Risks to growth still skewed to the downside Almost all countries in emerging Asia have now released their Q4 GDP figures. Growth slowed across most of the region, mainly due to weakness in external demand. The recent improvement in the US, a... 23rd February 2012 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Asia's equities outperform in early 2012 Emerging Asia’s equities have risen by more than the global average so far this year, but we do not expect the outperformance to last. Stock markets in Asia typically underperform developed markets... 23rd January 2012 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Exports weaken amid global slowdown Exports from the region have been weak due to lower demand from the West. However, domestic demand has so far remained fairly resilient across the region. Central banks in Australia and Thailand have... 15th December 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Growth falters in Q3 With the exception of Indonesia, Q3 GDP figures published across emerging Asia so far have been weak. Exports have been hit by low demand from the West, and growing fears for the global outlook are... 17th November 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Policy loosening begins As fears mount over the outlook for the global economy and inflationary pressures continue to ease, policymakers across the region are increasingly looking to support demand. Over the past month... 22nd October 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Supply-chain disruptions temporarily hit growth Q2 GDP figures reported so far within emerging Asia have tended to be weak, with some analysts suggesting that sluggish growth in the US and euro-zone have stalled growth in Asia. This seems premature... 27th August 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Global risks may delay policy tightening Inflation remains a concern across most of the region. Central banks in Taiwan and Thailand have hiked their policy rates in recent weeks, while the central bank in Malaysia increased its reserve... 22nd July 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Managing inflation and avoiding asset bubbles Inflation remains high across much of the region and policy rates have moved up in India, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand in recent weeks. More policy tightening is on the way in Asia. However, concerns... 1st July 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Growth remains strong in Emerging Asia Q1 GDP data out so far across Asia confirm that most economies have been growing at or above their trend pace. Strong growth has left little spare capacity in many economies and core inflation... 27th May 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Inflation remains policymakers' key concern Inflation has risen further as food and fuel prices remain high and strong growth has left little spare capacity in many economies across the region. Policy interest rates will move up further, but... 21st April 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Japan's crisis unlikely to hit Emerging Asia's growth hard Economic growth in the region has remained healthy, while inflation has continued to climb. The disruption stemming from Japan’s 11th March earthquake and tsunami has increased uncertainty around the... 31st March 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Oil prices compound inflation concerns Markets are concerned that rising oil prices will lift inflation and hit economic growth in Asia. Relative to their economies, Korea and Taiwan are the biggest net oil importers within the region but... 28th February 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Inflation fears should ease soon GDP growth has continued to slow while markets in the region have been stressed by the acceleration in inflation. We expect inflation to top out in coming months, with the peaks generally being lower... 26th January 2011 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Emerging Asia will target inflation and asset bubbles Economic growth across Emerging Asia has continued to ease. However, this is just a return to what is normal and can be sustained rather than the start of a severe and prolonged downturn. Most of the... 10th December 2010 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Emerging Asia equity markets set to rise further (Oct 10) Economic growth across Emerging Asia has continued to ease. However, this is just a return to what is normal and can be sustained rather than the start of a prolonged and severe downturn. Rapid... 29th October 2010 · 1 min read
Emerging Asia Chart Pack Asia's FX moves are a sensible response to a big problem Economic growth across Emerging Asia generally eased in July-August while inflation pressures remain relatively high and will probably bring further monetary policy tightening in a number of countries... 30th September 2010 · 1 min read