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.
Review of trade and investment policies imperative to creating an inclusive ASEAN digital economy Kuala Lumpur, 12 July 2018 – Despite the projection that the digital economy will add US$1 trillion to ASEAN GDP
Photo Credit: TheEdge Markets Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia investigates links between China-backed projects and 1MDB (6 July 2018) Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng announced an ongoing investigation on whether part of
HIGHLIGHTS May 2018 trade Despite a sharp fall in total trade, the trade balance remained healthy at RM8.1bn Trade activity likely suffered from a high base and the 14% yoy decline in working days
Photo credit: Myanmar Business Today Economy, Investment and Trade Myanmar government gives importance to import substitutions to lower trade deficit (3 July 2018) Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) said the country
Photo Credit: AFP Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysian palm oil exporters encouraged to take advantage of the US-China Trade Dispute (4 July 2018) Malaysia’s Primary Industries Minister said the country’s palm oil exporters
HIGHLIGHTS 2H18 Outlook: A summer of discontent The resilience of the global economy will be tested by tightening monetary conditions, risks of greater international trade and investment friction, and geopolitical uncertainty. Markets have become
Photo credit: Flickr Economy, Investment and Trade Myanmar’s Yangon Parliament approves the development of industrial zones in townships outside Yangon city (25 June 2018) Development of industrial zones in 11 townships outside Yangon city
Photo Credit: AFP Economy, Investment and Trade Southeast Asian property market attracts Chinese investors (25 June 2018) The southeast Asian real estate market has successfully attracted at least US$2.5 billion during year end
Photo credit: Phoe Khwar Economy, Investment and Trade Myanmar stands to benefit from US-China trade war (21 June 2018) According to Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA), many Chinese companies have stated
HIGHLIGHTS May 2018 consumer price inflation Malaysia’s headline inflation inched up to 1.8% yoy in May, largely due to transport inflation and rental revisions. We revise down our 2018F CPI forecast from 2.6% to