Consulting Report
Oxford Economics’ study for the Motion Picture Association finds that South Korea’s audiovisual industry supported ₩24,080 billion in GDP and...
Consulting Report
Oxford Economics’ study for the Motion Picture Association finds that South Korea’s audiovisual industry supported ₩24,080 billion in GDP and...
Research Briefing
In the second release of the November baseline, we updated our tariff assumptions, but the impact on GDP, inflation, and...
Research Briefing
We have revised down our global economic forecasts slightly from our snap post-election assessment. The broad picture is little changed,...
Research Briefing
Total construction work done is forecast to expand 8.8% in 2024 after falling 0.1% last year. Demand for construction came...
Research Briefing
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 made 2023 a leap forward for artificial intelligence (AI). The big battle for...
Research Briefing
Our view is that the flurry of elections across Asia this year generally do not look like high-risk events for...
Research Briefing
Idiosyncrasies in recent Asian trade data suggest that country-specific factors are becoming more influential and causing some countries' exports to buck cyclical trends. If that continues, the fortunes...
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We expect fiscal consolidation to generally continue in Asia, except in mainland China and Taiwan. In those economies, we anticipate looser fiscal policy this year and very slow normalisation...
Even without a steep drop in prices, the downturn in South Korea’s property sector is a source of worry given...
Aside from Malaysia's BNM meeting and a host of CPI data this week, the closely-watched "Two Sessions" political event will be held in China, trade data from China...
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Even without rate hikes, central banks' monetary policies can effectively tighten if the nominal neutral rate falls below the policy...
Research Briefing
Inflation in Asia over the past year has by and large been a story of external supply shocks, rather than...
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Bengaluru's and Hyderabad’s economies will most likely continue to outperform their Asia Pacific and Indian peers in terms of growth...
Research Briefing
We think the Bank of Korea (BoK) will continue to focus on inflation and the Korean won (KRW) even as headwinds to growth and financial stability rise. In our view, an extended...
Research Briefing
Economists Arup Raha and Theng Theng Tan identify 5 themes that are likely to be important for Asia in 2023.
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The semiconductor cycle has already turned and is likely to continue softening into next year. As the world's largest producer...
Research Briefing
Our baseline forecast is now for world trade in goods to decline by 0.2% in 2023, a considerable downgrade from...
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We earlier argued that Asia’s manufacturing activity has been impacted more by demand than by supply-side pressures, due to strict Covid-related policies. Supply...
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Timely October trade data from North Asia are flashing warning signs that Asia's export downturn is gathering momentum. We think...
Research Briefing
We believe 2023 is likely to be a difficult year for nearly all Asian economies. Growth should slow everywhere, except...