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India’s annual rate of retail inflation more than halved to 2.05 percent in January from a high of 5.07 percent during the corresponding period last year, official data showed on Tuesday. The downward trend in CPI, is due to food inflation which has further…
Standard Chartered has projected Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to remain at 4.4% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018. However, full-year GDP is expected to come in lower at 4.6% compared with 5.9% in 2017. Bank Negara Malaysia will release Q4 GDP…
RAM Ratings, which expects inflation to inch up to 0.3% in December 2018 from 0.2% in the previous month, has revised its full-year headline inflation forecast for 2019 to 2.0% from 2.7%. The rating agency said in a statement that inflation in December 2018…
Indonesia’s December annual inflation rate eased, but the pace was quicker than expected, data from the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, showed on Wednesday. The annual inflation rate in December was 3.13 percent, the agency said, lower than November’s 3.23…
Vietnam may grow more than 7 percent in 2018, the highest in 10 years, and is likely to maintain the rate next year, experts say. Nguyen Xuan Thanh, director of development, and public policy lecturer at the Fulbright University of Vietnam, said the country’s…
Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise 0.5% in November from a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed, marginally slower than the previous month amid lower transport prices. Inflation has been mild since the government removed an unpopular…
Indonesia’s annual inflation rate accelerated for a second straight month in November, the statistics office said on Monday, against an expectation for price pressures to ease. The consumer price index rose 3.23 percent in November from a year earlier,…
China’s economy appears to be slowing faster than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, a bad omen for growth early next year when the full force of the trade war with the United States comes to bear. This situation is likely to spur Beijing to…
Last weekend’s increase in fuel prices has stoked fears that Vietnam might not meet its 2018 inflation target. The ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance upped fuel price last Friday, and prices of biofuel E5 RON 92 went by VND675 per liter to VND20,906…
The recent increase in U.S. interest rate will generate pressure on the Vietnamese dong and make inflation target hard to meet, experts warn. The U.S. Federal Reserve lifted interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter of a percentage point to a…
Indonesia’s annual inflation rate picked up slightly in August but was below market expectation and remained within the central bank’s target range, statistics bureau data showed on Monday. Consumer prices rose 3.20 percent in August from a year earlier,…
RAM Ratings expects the zero-rated goods and services tax (GST) to act as a cushion limiting inflationary pressure on Malaysia’s July inflation rate, which is projected to increase to 1% from 0.8% in June. Meanwhile, full-year inflation is expected to stand…
Several economic factors including high commodity and fuel prices will make it difficult for Vietnam to keep its inflation within targeted limits this year, economists say. The country’s consumer price index (CPI) in June increased 0.61 percent from May, the…
Indonesia’s annual inflation rate slowed less than expected in June from a year ago and stayed within Bank Indonesia’s target range, the Central Statistics Agency said on Monday (02/07). June’s annual inflation rate came in at 3.12 percent, compared with…
Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) increased 1.8% in May 2018 – the fastest pace in four months – to 121.1 compared with 119.0 in the corresponding month of the preceding year due to a strong recovery in transport prices. According to the Department of…
Indonesia’s annual inflation rate slowed in May as the increase in food prices remained modest despite rising demand during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, data from the Central Statistics Agency showed on Monday (04/06). The headline consumer price…
