Good MornING Asia - 8 June 2020

Promising signs from the US provide cause for optimism, but let's not get carried away

By Robert Carnell

Promising signs from the US provide cause for optimism, but let's not get carried away

Optimism over the potential economic recovery may return on Monday as investors react to last Friday’s US jobs report.

Big data week in China and Japan next week. The numerous trade releases will be gleaned for Asia’s export resilience, which seems to have ended

China's imports for May were very weak. As China’s imports are mostly export-order driven, this means that exports in the coming months will be…

As things adjust to the post-Covid-19 new normal, more jobs are likely to be lost along the way, keeping consumption weak for some time to come

Inflation dipped to 2.1% during the lockdown, enabling BSP scope to cut policy rates in the near future