Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry’s advance estimate shows the economy grew 5.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, with manufacturing output supported by electronics...
By the official scorecard, Pakistan’s economy had a good year. The Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 reports real GDP growth of 3.7%, easing inflation, improved foreign exchange...
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 —...
Introduction China’s economy expanded just 4.3% in the second quarter of 2026, the weakest quarterly pace since late 2022, missing economists’ 4.5% consensus forecast and slowing...
While much of the developing world is having its 2026 growth outlook cut because of the Strait of Hormuz disruption, Malaysia just went the other way....
Pakistan is currently home to two seemingly contradictory economic stories. On one hand, the IMF has confirmed the country is on track to miss its FY27...
China’s economy has just delivered its weakest quarterly result since the depths of the pandemic recovery, and the number that matters most isn’t the headline growth...
A single-country GDP forecast upgrade rarely tells the full story. Malaysia’s does — because it happened at the exact moment $23 trillion in institutional capital converged...
Maybank Investment Banking Group upgraded Malaysia’s 2026 GDP growth forecast to 4.9% from 4.4%, citing resilient manufacturing and an AI-driven tech upcycle. But the less-discussed driver...
Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.61% in the first quarter of 2026, its fastest pace in more than three years, driven by a surge in government spending and...