Economy
Thailand and Malaysia need to make urgent reforms
Thailand and Malaysia need to make urgent reforms
If not, problems lie ahead, say Morgan Stanley.
Inflation has peaked in Singapore as car prices drop
Is this a new normal, or just a bump on the road to higher prices ?
Electronics exports down 15.2% in May
Blame it on fewer shipments of integrated circuits, PC components and disk drives.
Pill-popping market drives non-oil domestic exports
Total exports grew by 9.6% in May, even as electronics exports continued to drop, thanks to the side effects of the pharmaceuticals sector.
China’s GDP growth forecast for 2011 falls to 8.7%
Credit Suisse says food and services inflation will rise.
China’s inflation shoots to 34-month high of 5.5% in May
This is due to the higher than expected food inflation which increased to 11.7%.
Proposed revisions to corporate governance code revealed
Proposals include requiring companies to fully disclose the remuneration of each individual director and the CEO on a named basis.
Japanese CMBS leads AsiaPac structured finance downgrades
This, as Japan accounts for over 90% of all negative rating actions in the region during 2010, says Fitch.
Global monetary conditions are abnormal: PM Lee
Does this mean QEII is a disaster for emerging markets ?
Inflation to rise along with Singapore's GDP growth
Singapore's inflation is expected to rise this year as economists upgraded their forecasts of gross domestic product growth to 6.2 per cent expansion...
Singapore’s amazing economy blew the gates off with 22.5% growth in Q1 2011
And the manufacturing sector is top contributor as it surged 75.4% q-o-q saar in Q1 2011.
GDP growth forecast at 5-7%
Growth momentum is said to have strengthened in the first quarter.
India to eclipse the US as China's biggest trading partner
OK it may take 30 years, but it's interesting that during Premier Wen’s December 2010 Indian visit, USD16bn of trade deals were signed, outstripping...
Singapore claims title of cleanest air in Asia
According to a survey that is, but if you had lived through the haze of the last two weeks you may be forgiven or thinking otherwise.
Manufacturing is the key: MTI
Mr Lee Yi Shyan attributed our strong economic rebound to manufacturing, with the sector surging 29.7% in 2010.
Millionaires in Singapore increased 33%
According to Bloomberg, And there are now 12.5 million millionaires in the world; are you one of them?
Taking the p***: Singapore's water recycling industry adds $590 million to GDP
And a walloping $8.4 billion worth of overseas projects is behind this significant success in the industry, says the government.
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