Good MornING Asia - 21 June 2018

The Asian central banks are busy contemplating monetary policies. Yesterday the Philippines central bank hiked the policy rate by 25bp, the second hike in as many months, but Thailand central bank kept rates unchanged. Taiwan central bank is widely expected to keep the policy on hold today.

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Opinion

Sense spoken in Sintra

I'm not known for my tolerance of some of the comments made by central bankers, but a good deal of sense seems to have been said at the central bank…

Philippines

Philippines central bank on a stabilisation path...for now

The central bank raised policy rate by 25bps to 3.5% after last month’s tightening, in a bid to stabilise inflation expectations. We think another…

China

Taiwan

Taiwan: Central bank to stay put

We expect Taiwan's central bank to leave rates unchanged 21 June for an eighth straight quarter amid concern the economy could be affected by trade…