Economy
2 biggest reasons behind Indonesia's monetary tightening
2 biggest reasons behind Indonesia's monetary tightening
Inflationary pressures loom in the horizon.
Asia hammered by sluggish growth momentum in 1H13
Exports, retail sales to be blamed.
Here's a glimpse of Indonesia's sluggish trade data
Export sales to dip 1.7%.
Singapore one of 5 Asian countries with credit bubble risk
With Thailand, Malaysia, China, and Taiwan.
Why China remains positive amidst sluggish economy
7.5% GDP target is achievable, says government.
India proposes extra provisioning for unhedged foreign exposure of firms
Gving its warnings some teeth.
Why Singapore must brace itself for a slippage in production demand
Even as manufacturing numbers were rosy.
Analyst predicts Singapore's headline inflation to remain low
2013 forecast is 2.8%.
Singapore slipped to 8th spot in global innovation ranking
Here are its weaknesses.
Thailand's GDP forecast slipped to 4.6%
On the back of reduced government investment spending.
Business confidence in Singapore predicted to be hurt by haze
But outlook for sales, profits are healthy.
Singapore manufacturers fear a slowdown in new orders
They anticipate orders to slip to 25 ppt.
Why Asia's industrial production is sitting pretty amidst global chaos
IP growth is usually at 5%.
China's 2013 GDP growth predicted to hit 7.6%
More downside risks loom.
China's liquidity crunch feared to finally take its 'small toll'
Hang Seng Index fell 7%.
What Korean exporters need to boost their occupation rate in China market
Will all these be possible?
Malaysia's import growth to drop 4.3%
Trade balance to be lifted to MYR1.3bn.
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