economic growth

SINGAPORE (Sept 18): Economic growth across South-East Asia (SEA) region is expected to cool in the second half of the year until 2019, according to ICAEW’s Economic Insight: South-East Asia report.

(Sept 3): India’s world-beating economic growth is running up against some big risks: high oil prices, emerging market stress as the era of easy money draws to a close, and policy paralysis in the run-up to next year’s federal election.

SINGAPORE (June 27): History was made in Malaysia on May 9 when the opposition caolition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), won the 14th general election for the very first time, ending the six-decade rule of Barisan Nasional (BN).

(Apr 6): Policy makers across Southeast Asia are bracing for a fallout from a US-China trade war, turning their focus on bolstering their domestic markets to cushion the blow.

SINGAPORE (Mar 14): Economies in Asia Pacific (APAC) are expected to see faster than predicted growth this year, according to Deloitte who just released the fourth edition of their Voice of Asia series.

(Feb 22): U.S. central bankers sent a strong message Wednesday that an expansion with “substantial underlying economic momentum” could sustain additional increases in interest rates this year.

SINGAPORE (Jan 22): Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), says Singapore must accept that, as a mature economy with one of the highest levels of per capita income in the world, it will not be able to sustain 6-7% rate

(Jan 15): Singapore’s economic recovery is broadening out in the city state, but there are still “real challenges” in the labor market, central bank Managing Director Ravi Menon said.

(Dec 1): It was meant to be the year of the trade war. Instead, it was the year of the trade boom.

SINGAPORE (Dec 1): It’s been a good year for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as it celebrated its 50th anniversary in style and enjoyed an upside surprise to economic growth.