Asia week ahead: At the mercy of weak exports
Big data week in China and Japan next week. The numerous trade releases will be gleaned for Asia’s export resilience, which seems to have ended
Export-led slowdown
China’s May data flow begins on 7 June, with trade figures, and inflation and monetary indicators over the course of next week.
The May Day holidays are expected to instil some slack in economic activity, but otherwise, data should indicate that Asia’s biggest economy is on the recovery path, thanks to stimulus policies. However, the recovery remains at the mercy of global demand that’s currently getting a pretty strong beating from the Covid-19 pandemic.
This imparts a downside risk to our house forecast of only a modest dip in Chinese exports in May, by -1.7% year-on-year. The monetary data will be gleaned for signs the substantial stimulus is trickling down to support domestic demand.
It’s also a big data week in Japan, crowded by April economic indicators, which should shed some light on GDP growth in the current quarter. No point guessing that it’s going to be any better than -0.9% QoQ (seasonally adjusted) in 1Q20, for which the second estimate is also due next week.
Like China, Taiwan and the Philippines trade figures are also likely to show accelerating export weakness. The same goes for Malaysia and India's manufacturing releases after these countries saw the worst fall in exports by -24% YoY and 60% respectively in April.
For a change, there are no significant policy events scheduled from regional economies next week, though don’t be surprised if something suddenly springs up in these uncertain times.
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