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Fiscal dominance: the return of the bond vigilantes
G7 central banks are well into their loosening cycle to stimulate the economy – but 10- and 30-year government bond yields aren't following suit, as our chart shows. The synchronized repricing of risk shows how investors are demanding a steeper premium to fund deepening deficits.
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Watching for a Thai tourism turnaround with high-frequency data
Will Chinese tourists ever return to Thailand's beaches in pre-pandemic numbers? Hoteliers and airlines are hopeful that they stand to benefit from diverted tourism after the recent dispute between Beijing and Tokyo curbed Chinese travel to Japan.
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ASEAN banking: Singapore versus the rest
When considering the financial sector, there's the developed, global financial hub of Singapore and then there's the rest of ASEAN. The city-state dominates sectors including wealth management; local champion DBS Bank is Southeast Asia’s largest lender by assets.
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Vietnam's hot job market
Despite the threat posed to its export model by Donald Trump’s tariffs, Vietnam’s wage growth has outperformed Southeast Asian peers for six straight quarters.
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Vietnamese auto trends: SUVs, Mitsubishi gain amid flat overall demand
Vietnam's economy has posted years of strong growth, but as its consumers get richer, we can see a disconnect with auto sales: growth began levelling off before the pandemic and has been slowing slightly of late – even before Donald Trump's trade policies started threatening the nation's export model.
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Pemex oil data is a bellwether for Mexican industry
Pemex is Mexico's biggest enterprise. As such, the state-owned oil giant can have an outsized impact on the nation's economy, and its operational data can provide an early signal of how other Mexican businesses are performing.
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Innovative sectors and their regional hotspots in China
As China moves up the global value chain, its government is keen to promote research & development for advanced industries.
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Chinese exports to Malaysia: which sectors might see diverted US trade?
As Donald Trump's tariffs reshape global trade, we've considered how Chinese exports to the US might be redirected to other destinations – in this case, Malaysia.
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Soybeans and China: how Brazil displaced more seasonal US shipments
The decades-long boom in Chinese soybean demand has reshaped Brazilian agriculture; it surpassed the US as the biggest producer of this crop in the 2010s.
Meanwhile, American soy farmers, already dealing with greater seasonal swings than their Brazilian counterparts, have lost share in the Chinese market after a decade of trade friction. (Recent negotiations suggest China might step up purchases of US soybeans again.)
Meanwhile, American soy farmers, already dealing with greater seasonal swings than their Brazilian counterparts, have lost share in the Chinese market after a decade of trade friction. (Recent negotiations suggest China might step up purchases of US soybeans again.)
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Tokyo condo market: prices rocket amid tight supply
For decades after the 1980s asset bubble, Japan was synonymous with stagnant property values. But today, Tokyo’s prices are soaring.