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Global Markets

Nike put in hot seat for false marketing by Chinese TV show

HONG KONG (March 16): Nike Inc. was chided by a consumer-protection show on state-run television in China, giving a black eye to the athletic brand in its second-biggest market.

Trump has nothing on Asia should he decide to wage a trade war. Here’s why

SINGAPORE (March 7): Since his entry into the Oval Office, Donald Trump seems to have cooled quite a bit in comparison to the feisty promises and threats he made during the US presidential campaign and his first month in office.

Crude Oil

Saudi Arabia breaks records on oil exports and output for year

KUWAIT (Feb 21): Saudi Arabia boosted oil exports and production last year to the highest monthly averages on record as the global crude market endured oversupply.

Singapore exports rise 8.6% in Jan on electronic & non-electronic products

SINGAPORE (Feb 17): Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by 8.6% on-year in January 2017, extending the 9.1% and 15.6% growth in the preceding two months of Dec and Nov 2016 respectively due to an increase in both electronic and non-electron

China Focus

From 'Made in China' to 'Made by China for China'

HONG KONG (Feb 16): China remains the biggest manufacturer on the planet, but most of what it makes stays at home and the vast majority of what it consumes is made there, too.

Singapore December exports up 9.4% from a year ago

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) grew by 9.4% on-year in December, following 11.5% growth in the preceding month of November.
Manila by Bloomberg

Asian markets to gain a steady foothold in an uncertain 2017

SINGAPORE (Jan 13): With the US and China displaying steady growth momentum and the continued recovery of Asian exports, Oxford Economics thinks 2017 has started on a positive note – and bodes especially well for Asia’s small open economies that rely

Broker's Calls

How Singapore investors can stay defensive in a post-Trump world

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): Donald Trump’s notorious US presidential win on Wednesday will surely raise volatility for Singapore’s equities, says DBS Vickers Securities.

Singapore still enjoys bigger trade surplus despite export fall

SINGAPORE (Oct 18): While Singapore registered a decline in exports by 1.3% y-o-y for the month of September, Maybank Kim Eng is highlighting that the steeper 6.2% contraction in imports has led to “this year’s highest trade surplus” of  more than

Asia FX

What’s stopping RBNZ from meeting its inflation objective?

SINGAPORE (Aug 11): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has cut interest rates by 25bps, which takes the official cash rate (OCR) to an all-time low of 2%.
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