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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.
March 16, 2017
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.
March 07, 2017
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.
February 21, 2017
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
February 17, 2017
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.
February 16, 2017
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.
January 17, 2017
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
January 13, 2017
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.
November 11, 2016
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
October 18, 2016
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%.
August 11, 2016