Good MornING Asia - 20 July 2018

A little more discipline from certain quarters would be helpful for financial markets

In this bundle

Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Loose lips sink ships

A little more discipline from certain quarters would be helpful for financial markets

Asia week ahead: Prepare for slower growth

Weak exports, weak manufacturing, and therefore slow GDP growth. This was the storyline across Asia in the last quarter and likely to prevail for the rest…

Australia

Australia: Jobs surprise

Employment growth of 50,900 in June beat the consensus view of a 16,500 gain in jobs. What's more, these are mostly full-time jobs.

Indonesia

Indonesia: Central bank pauses after aggressive tightening

Bank Indonesia (BI) decided to keep policy rates steady at today's meeting. But the central bank may need to show it stands ready to be aggressive…