07 March, 2016
As appeared in Bloomberg
Senior Fellow of the CIMB ASEAN Research Institute Pauline Loong spoke on Bloomberg about the big gap in China’s policy blueprint for the next five years. She pointed out that notably missing from the outline of China’s Five Year Plan is any mention of strategies to deal with possible large-scale capital outflows once the currency barrier is dismantled, as envisioned in the push for renminbi globalization.
Photo Credit: Central Banking TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Central Bank says Thai economy has bottomed out (2 August 2020) Thailand’s economy appears to have bottomed out but unemployment remains a serious
Photo Credit: International Adviser TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Singapore-China green lane leads to slight increase in passenger numbers at Changi Airport (21 July 2020) The opening of the Singapore-China green lane and
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute, spoke to Astro Awani in his capacity as the Chair of the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Working Committee of the ASEAN Business
Effective responses toward COVID-19 pandemic require country assessment of needs and priorities while ASEAN needs to strengthen the mechanism for immediate and accurate exchange of information From top: Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Director-General
Photo Credit: Bloomberg TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand to sever link between gold trading and baht to limit currency’s gain (29 July 2020) The Bank of Thailand (BOT) plans to sever
Photo Credit: The Straits Times TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Singapore-China green lane leads to slight increase in passenger numbers at Changi Airport (21 July 2020) The opening of the Singapore-China green lane
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute spoke to Malaysian radio station BFM 89.9 on the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across ASEAN, how the region has responded and
Photo Credit: Cao Thang TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM Japan helps companies shift factories to Vietnam (21 July 2020) Fifteen out of more than 80 Japanese enterprises have received support from the
Photo Credit: Yunnan Provincial Overseas Investment TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Laos and China to cooperate on low carbon emissions project (20 July 2020) Laos and China will cooperate on a climate change
Photo Credit: Indochina Pioneer TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand’s economic activity may not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2022 (14 July 2020) Thailand’s central bank, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said