Good MornING Asia - 21 June 2019

After all the central bank excitement the week ends quietly.

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All's well - S&P500 back to record highs

Opinion

By Robert Carnell

All’s well - S&P500; back to record highs

Is it just me, or is the "Buy assets" market mood a bit disquieting?

Asia Morning Bites

ASEAN Morning Bytes

General market tone: Risk-on. Positive developments on trade between the US and Mexico is seen to lift sentiment on Monday.

Asia week ahead

Asia week ahead: Thailand likely to join the easing buzz

Yet another busy week ahead with a couple more central bank meetings lined up and a host of the usual month-end economic releases from across Asia.…

Philippines

BSP keeps powder dry, holds policy rate at 4.5%

The central bank of Philippines opted to gauge recent policy moves before acting again, leaving policy rates at 4.5%

China

Taiwan central bank stays put as expected

The central bank left policy unchanged in June. This was expected because interest rates are already low and pushing them down further would not have…

Bank Indonesia keeps rates steady but cuts RRR

The central bank opted to keep its powder dry but rate cuts may follow in the near term. Bank Indonesia did however cut the RRR by 50 basis points