3 August, 2018
By Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid | 26 July 2018
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid talks about hopes and fears for ASEAN in a less benign cycle of the world economy Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, chairman of the CIMB Asean Research Institute, speaks
2 August, 2018
Photo Credit: EPA TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT CAMBODIA EU and US threaten economic sanctions after Cambodia’s Ruling Party claims victory in elections with no viable opposition (30 July 2018) The conclusion of
2 August, 2018
By Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic and Sofea Azahar, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics
HIGHLIGHTS Macro snapshot Despite strong current account gains due to healthier net inflows in the services and income accounts in June, overall BOP weakened due to greater financial outflows. Farm incomes grew at a
1 August, 2018
File Photo Economy, Investment and Trade Thailand to protect local industries by curbing bypass practices from foreign firms (30 July 18) Thai trade officials will meet the United States customs to discuss ways
1 August, 2018
By Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic and Sofea Azahar, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics
HIGHLIGHTS June industrial production IPI expanded at a slower pace of 7.4% yoy in June, due to subdued growth in the electronics, chemicals and biomedical clusters. Cumulative manufacturing growth (+10.2% yoy in April-June vs.
31 July, 2018
By Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic and Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research
HIGHLIGHTS Dusting off the old playbook for SST 2.0 Sales Tax rates of 5% and 10%, and Service Tax of 6% proposed under SST 2.0. Taxable goods and services shrink from 60% of CPI
30 July, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
HIGHLIGHTS No revision to State Budget 2018 (APBN 2018) With 1H18 fiscal deficit remaining healthy at -0.75% of GDP (vs. full-year target of 2.19% of GDP), the government has decided not to revise its
27 July, 2018
Photo Credit: GIZ TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION European Union (EU) trains officials on the safety of transporting dangerous goods in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) (22 July 2018) Thailand
26 July, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
HIGHLIGHTS July 2018 BI meeting Bank Indonesia kept its 7-day Reverse Repo Rate (7DRRR) at 5.25% after the 100bp increase in May-June. BI sees the weaker net export position as a drag on overall
26 July, 2018
Photo Credit: Reuters Economy, Investment and Trade China initiated anti-dumping investigation on stainless steel imports from Indonesia, EU, Japan and South Korea (23 July 2018) China launched an anti-dumping investigation on stainless steel
