Photo credit: AP Photo Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia and China revive rail link project on a revised US$10.7 billion budget (15 April 2019) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced on April
HIGHLIGHTS MAS monetary policy review MAS kept its monetary policy stance unchanged today as real GDP growth eased to 1.3% yoy in 1Q19 amid accelerating headwinds in manufacturing MAS expects 2019F GDP growth slightly
HIGHLIGHTS February 2019 industrial production IPI growth undershot expectations at 1.7% yoy in February While slower growth in manufacturing growth tallied with our expectations, the 5% contraction in mining output threw our forecasts off
Photo credit: Bangkok Post TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, CAMBODIA Thailand and Cambodia to officiate new rail link connecting both countries (5 April 2019) Thai transport minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith announced that Thailand
Photo credit: The Star Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia’s ECRL deal with China could include palm oil buy (8 April 2019) Ongoing re-negotiations of Malaysia’s Chinese-backed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project
HIGHLIGHTS Inflation to tick-up but stay manageable Vietnam registered a trade deficit of US$768m in February due to negative growth of 3.3% in exports. An upswing in domestic manufacturing compensated for the setback in
Photo credit: Mizzima Myanmar TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, MYANMAR Thai border village calls for faster development to compete with Myanmar’s “new Chinatown” (2 April 2019) Chinese investment in Myanmar’s Kokko border
Photo credit: The Malaysian Reserve Economy, Investment and Trade China’s growing appetite for biodiesel increases demand for Southeast Asian palm oil (1 April 2019) Southeast Asia saw an increase in exports of
ASEAN lacks effective measures and decisive political determination to address Non-Tariff-Barriers (NTBs) thus hurting the growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) (From left) Juan Sebastian Cortes-Sanchez, Trade Policy Analyst of Asian Trade
HIGHLIGHTS Macro snapshot Thailand’s trade balance came in healthier at a surplus of US$3.5bn in February as a result of a sharp contraction in imports Better-than-expected election results for pro-junta coalition raises likelihood of