Economy
Asian foreign direct outflows to hit US$400b by 2020
Asian foreign direct outflows to hit US$400b by 2020
Find out four challenges Singapore and neighbors must face to reach this record.
Sustained price dip to shock Indonesia's macro stability
Commodity prices falling to 17-27% in May is bad news.
Signs point to growth in Japan
Growth paused in the second quarter, but DBS says leading indicators point to an improvement in the next three months.
India trade balance adjusts with exchange rate correction
Contrary to popular perception, says DBS, India’s trade balance has already adjusted markedly owing to correction in the rupee exchange rate and...
Philippine CPI inches to 2.8% June yoy
Current CPI missed central bank target by a measly 0.2 points.
Korea inflation 'on a clear downtrend'
DBS says headline CPI has dropped to 2.2% YoY in June, the lowest so far this year.
Chart of the Day: More Singaporeans are staying single
The proportion of singles has increased across all age groups.
Malaysian exports boom by 6.7% yoy in May
Electronics and mining goods helped boost performance.
China to suffer labor shortage woes
China's rural surplus labor dipped to just 0.4% or 6 million of the total population, a study reveals.
Singapore leads Asia in Global Innovation Index 2012
But Singaporeans are not yet the world's most innovative people.
Malaysia opens US$2B healthcare IPO
IHH Healthcare's listing in Malaysia nails the country as top Asian IPO destination for 2012.
China reiterates push for local firms to expand overseas
China is also supporting key private owned companies to issue dim sum bond or foreign currencies bond in the offshore market.
China reserve requirement ratio to be slashed anytime soon: Maybank
Here are three reasons why an RRR cut is inevitable in China.
Export growth won't help Malaysian economy, says DBS
Beware the distorted by base effect.
Singapore June PMI bucks global trend
Index came in at 50.4, slipping 0.4.
Chinese PMI close to bottoming out
The purchasing managers' index for both non-manufacturing and manufacturing services may be stabilizing, says BBVA.
Asian IPO activity plummeted by 47% in 2Q12 yoy
Globally, Facebook’s US$16.0 billion IPO made up 38% of this quarter’s total, boosting the activity to a 49% high.
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