Economy
Indonesia's inflation picks up again in June
Indonesia's inflation picks up again in June
The pressure came as food and process food prices as well as housing cost all rose faster than they did in May.
Export sector buoys India's spiraling growth rate
Total exports soared 20-fold to US$530bn from US$26bn in 21 years, Maybank Kim Eng said.
Thailand's headline inflation to shoot up in 2H12
Food prices and housing costs forced inflation up with respective 4.7% and 3.4% elevation.
Don't pin too much hope on PMI data, says DBS
Global PMIs are slipping and Singapore’s unlikely to buck the trend.
Malaysian retail business on the rocks with cautious consumers
Credit card circulation even dwindled to less than 500k from about 700k.
GDP to slow further in Q2: Nomura
The risks to the inflation outlook though are now more balanced.
Sharp dip in oil prices frees Philippines from inflation woes
In fact, for the rest of the year, inflation is unlikely to breach the 4% mark, said DBS.
Indonesia safe from inflation problems in coming quarters
Sharply lower oil prices over the past several weeks will keep a lid on overall price pressures, says DBS.
External headwinds remain strong for Malaysia
These will continue to weigh on the export and industrial performance, says DBS, but Malaysia’s economic growth will remain fairly resilient.
Chart of the Day: Singapore's total fertility rate declining
The last time that the TFR of the resident population was above the replacement level of 2.1 was in 1976.
Why wages rose 6.1% in 2011 despite a weak economy
The growth was even higher than the previous year's 5.7%, says latest survey.
Wages for blue-collar jobs sunk in 2011
Managers, financial services staff earn the highest wages.
The Postman fails to deliver
SingPost's net profit went 11.8% down despite crunching revenues of $578.5M.
City Harvest Church denies founder misused funds
Executive Pastor Aries Zulkarnain claims no personal profit was gained by the individuals concerned, says Bloomberg.
Marriages between citizens and non-citizens up
In 2011, 31.1% of citizen births had a non-citizen parent at the time of birth.
More Singaporeans delay saying 'I do'
Married couples are having their first child later as well, contributing to the general decline in Singapore’s total fertility rate.
Singapore’s GDP to grow 3.4% in 2H12: OCBC
The analyst does not foresee a sharp rebound due to the Eurozone crisis, so that’s as good as it gets.
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