Good MornING Asia - 7 October 2019

China and the US resume talks on trade this week - there is some optimism, but this has often in the past been misplaced

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Opinion

By Robert Carnell

Trade week

China and the US resume talks on trade this week - there is some optimism, but this has often in the past been misplaced

India

India’s central bank gets further ahead of the easing curve

The Reserve Bank of India cut its policy rate by another 25 basis points today. With the prevailing accommodative stance, one more rate cut looks more…

Malaysia

Is Malaysia’s electronics strength fading?

It will be difficult for Malaysia’s electronics sector, as well as the overall economy, to defy the global slowdown and this demands greater policy…

Philippines

Philippine inflation slips to 0.9%

Headline inflation dropped to 0.9% with benign inflation providing the BSP scope to cut policy rates further