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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... On an annualized basis, the real GDP grew by 0.2%, a significant slowdown from the first quarter's 2.0% growth rate. Thailand GDP Thailand's economy expanded by 0.8% in the June quarter, down from the 1.0% quarterly growth rate in the three months to ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... YTD total return of 10.28%. Offsetting these were the S&P China Bond Index that added just 0.90% in July and the S&P Thailand Bond Index that climbed a meagre 0.02%. The Dow Jones Sukuk Total Return Index (ex-Reinvestment) gained 0.62%, while the S&P ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is a play partly on the growth in consumption in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. In his update to investors, Douglass was candid about predictions he made last year for a faster than expected rise in US interest ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... it will bring the number of such deals to more than 10. There are already deals or deals still being negotiated, with Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, ASEAN, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, China and the US. Indonesia has a population of more than 255 ...

ASX ranks third in global sustainability survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... the previous month. Consumer confidence also weakened in the European Union from -5.7 to -5.8 in June. Brexit? Bank of Thailand holds As widely expected, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) kept interest rates unchanged for a 14th straight month following its ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... and the 15th straight sub-50 reading. The official non-manufacturing PMI declined to 53.1 in May from 53.5 in April. Thailand CPI inflation Thailand's headline consumer prices increased by 0.5% in the year to May, up from 0.1% in April and higher than ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... reading of 16.8 in May from 21.5 in April - and the Ifo business climate index - up to 107.7 in May from 106.6 in April. Thailand trade balance Thailand's trade surplus narrowed to US$721 million in April, higher than market expectations for a US$500 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... countries. Over the same period, China's economy expanded by 6.7%; Vietnam by 5.5%, Indonesia by 4.9%, Malaysia by 4.2% and Thailand by 3.2%. According to the National Economic Development Authority, "This robust performance of the economy increases ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... in the one-year inflation expectations component of the consumer sentiment survey from 2.8% in April to 2.5% in May. Thailand GDP Thailand's economy expanded by 3.2% in the year to first quarter of 2016 - the fastest growth rate since the first quarter ...