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Japan manufacturing PMI hits four-month high in September

Japan manufacturing PMI hits four-month high in September

It rose to 52.6.

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Number of jobless in Japan falls 5.9% in July

The country has 1.9 million unemployed persons.

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Thailand trade balance hits US$187.5m deficit in July

Export growth failed to meet expectations.

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Indonesia's headline inflation rate falls to 3.9% in July

It’s been heading downwards for the past five months.

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Malaysia's core inflation rose 2.6% in July

The country's CPI also hiked up by 3.2%.

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Indonesia cuts reverse repo rate to 4.5%

Lendings and deposit facility rates also fell by 25bps.

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Macau visitor spending grows 17.5% in Q2

But the retail sector is likely to start losing momentum.

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Thailand GDP grew 3.7% in Q2

It is the best growth in almost five years.

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Malaysian BOP records US$2.2b surplus in Q2

Surplus in goods accounts increased its current account balance.

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Thailand's tourist arrivals up 4.8% to 3.1m in July

Tourism receipts in July reached US$4.7b.

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Malaysian real GDP grows 5.8% in Q2

Its services and manufacturing sectors have boosted the economy.

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Philippine GDP growth hits 6.5% in Q2

Thanks to higher domestic consumption and government spending.

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Japan's exports rise by 13.4% in July

Chemicals exports led growth with 14.9% rate.

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Indonesia's first trade deficit in 19 months hits US$271.2m

Blame an oil and gas deficit of US$604m.

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China's industrial production growth slows to 6.4% in July

GDP is still growing faster than the annual target of 6.5% despite the slowdown.

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India's provisional inflation rate up 1.9% in July

Index growths among all commodity groups turned positive.

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Japan's GDP growth hits 4% in Q2

Domestic demand was the main driver of GDP growth.

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