Good MornING Asia - 15 July 2020

On another day when the newsflow was decidedly mixed, markets jammed on their rose-tinted spectacles once more

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Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Markets still want to go up

On another day when the newsflow was decidedly mixed, markets jammed on their rose-tinted spectacles once more

Asia Morning Bites

ASEAN Morning Bytes

Sentiment likely to be affected by Covid-19 developments and escalation in US-China tension

China

China: surprise rebound in exports and imports

Exports and imports showed unexpected positive growth, signalling a recovery in external demand. But the smaller trade balance confirms our view that GDP…

Singapore

Singapore economy contracts 12.6% in 2Q20

2Q data nudges our full-year 2020 growth forecast down to -6.9% from -6.1%, putting it near the weak end of the government’s forecast range, -4% to -7%