Photo Credit: Getty Images Economy, Investment and Trade Thailand to introduce regional infrastructure fund with CLMV nations in 2019 to reduce reliance on China (4 June 2018) Thailand will create a regional infrastructure
HIGHLIGHTS April 2018 trade Malaysia’s trade surplus remained strong at RM13.1bn in April, aided by pronounced gains in petroleum and manufacturing exports. Key risks to the trade outlook are slowing tailwinds in the global
Photo credit: Economy Watch Economy, Investment and Trade Myanmar, Yunnan to sign bilateral agreement on border trade (31 May 2018) Myanmar and the regional government of Yunnan, China will seal a bilateral trade agreement
ASEAN economic integration making progress but ASEAN must pursue a regional policy approach and concerted cross-sectoral efforts to fast-track integration (Kuala Lumpur, 6 June 2018): Progress towards realising the goals of the ASEAN Economic
Photo Credit: Reuters Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia is trying to rearrange East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) terms (27 May 2018) According to Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Malaysian government
ASEAN policymakers urged to intensify facilitation of skilled labour mobility and education reforms to address extreme skills deficit Kuala Lumpur, 15 May 2018 – ASEAN need to intensify the intra-ASEAN skilled labour mobility in
HIGHLIGHTS May 2018 Bank Indonesia meeting Bank Indonesia (BI) raised its 7-day Reverse Repo Rate by 25bp to 4.50% and left the door open for further policy rate adjustments. The rate hike cycles in
Photo credit: Economy Watch Economy, Investment and Trade Myanmar’s economy to improve in 2018 (19 May 2018) The World Bank has projected Myanmar’s economy to increase to 6.7 percent in 2018 reflecting the administration’s
HIGHLIGHTS First election promise delivered as GST struck down The government will reduce the GST from 6% to 0% effective 1 Jun 2018. Sparse details on budget-balancing measures may spook markets as we estimate
Photo Credit: AP Economy, Investment and Trade New Malaysian government will review agreements with China (2 May 2018) Chinese investments are trending in Indonesia as the country has received large investments from firms