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Malaysia delivered one of the standout growth surprises among Southeast Asian economies this year, with confirmed second-quarter GDP data showing the economy accelerated to 6% —...
Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.29% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, comfortably beating forecasts and extending a run of growth that has outpaced most consensus estimates...
China’s headline growth numbers still look respectable at first glance. GDP expanded 4.3% year-on-year in the June quarter, down from 5.0% in the first quarter, bringing...
When the Trump administration’s tariff regime rattled export-dependent Asian economies in 2025, Malaysia’s finance ministry response stood out for its composure. “We didn’t panic,” the finance...
The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee held its benchmark borrowing rate steady on July 29, keeping it in a range of 3.5% to 3.75% — but the...
Gulf sovereign wealth funds are having their busiest year on record. In the first half of 2026 alone, funds from Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha and beyond...
Pakistan’s finance minister spent the week of July 20 in Washington doing something Islamabad has rarely been able to do from a position of relative strength:...
Malaysia posted its biggest trade surplus on record and second-quarter GDP growth of 5.8% in 2026, yet its stock market has stubbornly refused to rally —...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore nudged its exchange-rate-based policy stance slightly tighter in its July review, a modest but notable shift after the city-state’s economy grew...