07 March, 2016
As appeared in Bloomberg

Senior Fellow of the CIMB ASEAN Research Institute Pauline Loong spoke on Bloomberg about the big gap in China’s policy blueprint for the next five years. She pointed out that notably missing from the outline of China’s Five Year Plan is any mention of strategies to deal with possible large-scale capital outflows once the currency barrier is dismantled, as envisioned in the push for renminbi globalization.

 

China-ASEAN Monitor

13 March, 2019

The Straits Times   Economy, Investment and Trade   China insists BRI benefits countries after Malaysia warns the Philippines (8 March 2019) Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi reiterated the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)’s

Vietnam: Inflation to tick-up but stay manageable

8 March, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS Inflation to tick-up but stay manageable Decreasing pork prices could temper the pace of food price inflation. The hike in electricity prices by 8.3% in March 2019 could add 0.3% to headline inflation,

Mekong Monitor

7 March, 2019

Photo credit: Bangkok Post   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   THAILAND, LAOS Thailand and Laos aim to link countries by high-speed rail by 2023 (6 March 2019) The Thai government hopes to complete the

China-ASEAN Monitor

6 March, 2019

Bangkok Post   Economy, Investment and Trade   Thailand records 49% jump in transit trade with southern China in January (4 March 2019) Thailand’s transit and border trade saw a year-on-year 1.84% increase, reaching

Malaysia: January 2019 trade

5 March, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS January 2019 trade Malaysia registered a larger trade surplus of RM11.5bn in Jan as the expansion in exports was greater than the growth in imports. External headwinds took a toll on manufactured exports,

Singapore: January 2019 industrial production

1 March, 2019
By Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic and Sofea Azahar, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics |

HIGHLIGHTS January 2019 industrial production Singapore‟s IPI fell 3.1% yoy in Jan, the first decline in 13 months, due to setbacks in the electronics and precision engineering clusters. Potential de-escalation in US-China trade tensions

Mekong Monitor

28 February, 2019

Photo credit: Bangkok Post   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   LAOS, VIETNAM Laos and Vietnam sign nine agreements to enhance bilateral ties (27 February 2019) Laos and Vietnam inked nine agreements to enhance bilateral

Indonesia: February 2019 Bank Indonesia meeting

28 February, 2019
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic |

HIGHLIGHTS February 2019 Bank Indonesia meeting Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate (7DRRR) steady at 6.00%, as widely expected. Reducing the current account deficit (CAD) to 2.5% of GDP is a

China-ASEAN Monitor

27 February, 2019

File Photo   Economy, Investment and Trade   Laos urges China to increase import quota for Laotian rice to 50,000 tonnes (21 February 2019) Lao industry and commerce minister Khemmani Pholsena asked China to