Good MornING Asia - 2 July 2019

It would be easy to blame the US-China trade war spat for the extremely poor economic data coming out of Asia. But we think there's far more to it than that

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Watch: Rob Carnell on the ‘unremittingly bad’ economic news from Asia

It would be easy to blame the US-China trade war spat for the extremely poor economic data coming out of Asia. But ING's Rob Carnell suggests…

Asia Morning Bites

ASEAN Morning Bytes

General market tone: Wait and watch. Setting the mixed tone for markets today, escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Gulf region counters the…

Australia

RBA Preview: A tough call, but not a hard decision

There are good reasons for the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut at its meeting on Tuesday. Good ones to pause too. This is a hard one to call. One…

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Thailand

Thailand: Weak June inflation provides another reason for a rate cut

We continue to expect a 25 basis point cut in the Bank of Thailand's policy rate in the current quarter. However, that would be a mere reversal of the…