6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (129+ words) If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5% threshold, the impact can derail the AI boom [WASHINGTON] Doomsday warnings about America’s rising debt date back to the 1970s, when the US government began running persistent budgetary deficits. Late in the next decade,…...

1+ week, 33+ min ago   (338+ words) Headline CPI is expected to continue rising, says the Thai commerce ministry [BANGKOK] Thailand’s inflation accelerated more than expected in August but still remained within the central bank’s target range, giving policymakers little reason to shift course as they focus…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (537+ words) Bank Negara Malaysia maintains its overnight policy rate at 2.75% [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady for the seventh straight policy meeting on Thursday (Sep 3), saying it expected strong economic growth to continue in the coming…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (693+ words) The unexpectedly strong performances last quarter are prompting economists to upgrade growth forecasts across the region [KUALA LUMPUR] Asia’s economies from India to Malaysia and Australia defied all worst-case scenarios to post solid growth last quarter, as governments moved quickly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (142+ words) 45% of respondents in MAS’ latest poll see tightening of Singdollar policy band in October, up from 30% before [SINGAPORE] Private-sector economists have raised their 2026 growth projections for the Republic to 5 per cent, from 3.5 per cent previously. The median forecast in the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (965+ words) More now see the central bank tightening policy in October, though a slight majority still expect it to hold [SINGAPORE] Private-sector economists have raised their growth projections, based on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) latest quarterly survey of professional…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (324+ words) Business investment is expected to drop by 0.2% this year [LONDON] Britain’s economy is set to grow a bit faster than previously expected in 2026 after withstanding the initial impact of the Iran war but firms remain wary about investment, the British…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (461+ words) GDP grew 7.8% from a year earlier in the April-June quarter [MUMBAI] India’s economy expanded faster than expected in the April-June quarter, easing fears that the Iran war would weaken growth and underscoring the resilience of Asia’s third-largest economy. Gross domestic…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (540+ words) Growth is in line with estimates by private-sector economists [SINGAPORE] Factory output rose 6.8 per cent year on year in July, moderating from June’s revised 7.5 per cent growth, data from the Economic Development Board showed on Wednesday (Aug 26). This was in…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (526+ words) [LONDON] Britain’s economic productivity is starting to show signs of sustained improvement, economists said on Monday (Aug 24), potentially marking the end of a prolonged slump that began around the 2008 financial crisis and appeared to worsen after the Covid-19 pandemic. Rising…...