Good MornING Asia - 16 March 2018

Economic releases from Indonesia and Philippines reflect continued weakening bias on respective currencies as central banks are poised to hold monetary policies steady

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Asia week ahead: three central banks to meet

Asia week ahead: three central banks to meet

Three Asian central banks are due to meet next week but all thinking and no action means they are most likely to be non-events - though the Philippines…

Philippines

Indonesia: Pressure on IDR remains, with another trade deficit in February

Domestically driven economic growth reverses the trade surpluses of last year to a third straight month of deficit in February. A wider current account…

Philippines

Philippines: Overseas remittances surprise

Overseas Filipino workers’ remittances surged 9.7% year-on-year in January to $2.4 billion. But this does little to reverse the peso's weaker bias