Good MornING Asia - 19 July 2018

It is easy to focus entirely on the political soap-opera that runs 24/7: from Washington to Moscow (via Helsinki). Brussels and Whitehall's dim corridors of rapidly eroding power. But lest we forget, the macro picture is important too and it is well worth watching over coming months

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Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Macro matters

It is easy to focus entirely on the political soap-opera that runs 24/7: from Washington to Moscow (via Helsinki). Brussels and Whitehall's dim…

China

China: Central bank finds different way to cut rates

The auction of government deposits at commercial banks reveals that the central bank is cutting interest rates, but not through its seven-day policy rate

Malaysia

Malaysia: GST removal dents inflation

We revise our 2018 inflation forecast from 1.8% to 1.0%. Lower inflation allows greater scope for the stable central bank policy