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Asian Development Outlook 2016-Fast Data

April 1, 2016--Steady growth in Asia: Developing countries in the region are projected to grow at 5.7% in both 2016 and 2017, down slightly from 5.9% in 2015.
Higher prices in Asia: Regional inflation dropped to 2.2% in 2015 but should increase to 2.5% in 2016 and 2.7% in 2017.

East Asia taps the brakes. Growth slowed to 6.0% in 2015 and is forecast to decline further to 5.7% in 2016.

Inflation climbing in East Asia. Inflation fell to 1.3% in 2015 but should rise to 1.6% in 2016 and 2.0% in 2017.

Chinese economic growth moderating. In the People's Republic of China, growth is expected to drop from 6.9% in 2015 to 6.5% in 2016 and 6.3% in 2017.

Booming South Asia. Growth in South Asia accelerated to 7.0% in 2015 and is predicted to increase further to 7.3% in 2017 after dipping to 6.9% in 2016.

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Source: Asian Development Bank (ADB)


SAFE buys into A-share market to perfect forex management

April 1, 2016--Analyst says Wutongshu is playing key role in management of foreign exchange reserves

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange has started to allocate funds through its investment platform in the mainland's A-share market, a move believed to perfect its foreign exchange management and promote the development of the domestic capital market, experts said.

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Source: chinadaily.com.cn


China's muni bond market launches with a bang

April 1, 2016--Concerns remain as to whether initiative can clean up local government balance sheets

Decades of poor supervision and a dysfunctional fiscal transfer system have turned China's gargantuan local government debt into one of the biggest threats to the country's economic growth.

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Source: FT.com


S&P Cuts China's Rating Outlook as Reforms Falter

March 31, 2016--The New York-based international ratings agency Standard & Poor's revised China's sovereign debt outlook down to negative, citing high levels of state and corporate indebtedness, which were mismatched with the country's slower pace of expansion amid Beijing's insufficient progress developing and implementing economic reforms.

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Source: sputniknews.com


Yangon Stock Exchange in Myanmar officially starts trading

Only one company-First Myanmar Investment(FMI)-is listed on the exchange.
March 25, 2016--Myanmar's first modern stock exchange, the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX), officially started trading on Friday (Mar 25), months after it opened in December.

"We have a very good beginning," Dr Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Myanmar Securities and Exchange Commission and outgoing deputy finance minister, said.

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Source: channelnewsasia.com


International investors welcome Shenzhen and Hong Kong connect

Official confirmation of scheme launch seen as signal to outside world that the Chinese stock market is back to normal
March 24, 2016--Fund managers and brokers welcomed official confirmation that the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock connect scheme would launch in the second half of this year, citing a desire by both retail and institutional investors to participate in the smaller of the two mainland bourses.

Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission said last week that the Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect programme would kick off in the second half of this year.

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Source: South China Morning Post


Japan's Bond Market Is Close to Breaking Point

March 23, 2016--Inverted curve, rising volatility, thin trading among risks
'We hold a lot, and we're not selling': Fukoku Mutual Life

Signs of stress are multiplying in Japan's government bond market, which is crumbling under pressure from the central bank's unprecedented asset-purchase program and negative interest rates.

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Source: Bloomberg


Yuan Declines After PBOC Weakens Fixing by Most Since January

March 20, 2016--Stronger dollar drives declines among region's currencies
Central bank also managing yuan against basket, Cheung says

The yuan traded offshore fell for a second day after China's central bank weakened the daily reference rate by the most since January as a gain in the dollar drove declines in Asian currencies.

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Source: Bloomberg


Infographic-China's Economy: The Sum of the Parts

March 15, 2016--Geographically vast countries such as the United States or Canada have incredible diversity within their borders.

Every part of the country appears unique, as the distribution of population, culture, geographical features, natural resources, and regional industries vary from place to place.

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Source: visualcapitalist.com


Indonesia Economic Quarterly, March 2016: Private Investment is Essential

March 15, 2016--Weak global growth in 2015 has affected Indonesia, with the country growing only by 4.8% last year. Indonesia's 2015 growth was respectable for a commodity exporting country, but was not enough to absorb the 3 million youth entering the work-force, and reverse the recent trend of slower poverty reduction.

To boost growth, Indonesia has to rely on fiscal expansion in the short term, while simultaneously introducing reforms to facilitate investment and reduce the cost of doing business in the medium term.

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Source: World Bank


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