Good MornING Asia - 20 August 2018

This week, the US starts the public hearing into raising tariffs of 25%, not the originally suggested 10% on $200bn of Chinese imports - US businesses will protest

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Shock news: Businesses don't like tariffs

Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Shock news: Businesses don’t like tariffs

This week, the US starts the public hearing into raising tariffs of 25%, not the originally suggested 10% on $200bn of Chinese imports - US businesses…

China: Central bank closing outflow loopholes for further monetary easing

The People's Bank of China is actively closing possible capital outflow loopholes and this firewall building will allow it to lower interest rates and…

Malaysia

Malaysia: A huge downside GDP miss in the second quarter

We have cut our 2018 growth forecast to 4.5% from 5.2%. Slowing growth and low inflation reinforce our view that the central bank (BNM) will keep monetary…