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Global / GDP

Macro Insights Weekly: Varieties of inflation trend
April 12, 2021
Macro Insights Weekly: Varieties of inflation trend

Amid reviving demand and some cases of supply disruption, inflation rates have begun to climb in many countries.

India / GDP

India & Indonesia: Monetary policy – steady hand on the whe...
April 07, 2021
India & Indonesia: Monetary policy – steady hand on the wheel

India and Indonesia central banks are likely to maintain rates unchanged this year, but not shed their accommodative bias.

Asia / GDP

Macro Insights Weekly: A peek into 2Q
April 05, 2021
Macro Insights Weekly: A peek into 2Q

Thanks to favourable base effects, the first half of this year will present headline-pleasing real GDP growth numbers in Asia. But such figures will hide highly heterogenous economic outcomes.

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GDP growth, % YoY

20192020f2021f2022f
China6.12.310.55.5
Hong Kong-1.2-6.14.02.3
India4.7-7.19.15.3
Indonesia5.0-2.14.04.5
Malaysia4.3-5.65.24.8
Philippines**5.9-9.57.06.0
Singapore0.7-5.46.33.2
South Korea2.0-1.02.92.8
Taiwan3.03.15.02.8
Thailand2.4-6.12.92.2
Vietnam7.02.96.76.8
Eurozone0.9-6.83.53.5
Japan0.3-4.82.81.5
United States***2.2-3.56.02.5
** new CPI series *** eop for CPI inflation
Source: DBS Group Research, CEIC

CPI inflation, % YoY

20192020f2021f2022f
China2.92.32.52.5
Hong Kong2.90.32.02.5
India3.76.64.24.0
Indonesia2.82.02.22.8
Malaysia0.7-1.11.42.0
Philippines**2.52.43.02.8
Singapore0.6-0.21.41.5
South Korea0.40.51.71.0
Taiwan0.6-0.21.51.0
Thailand0.7-1.01.01.3
Vietnam2.83.23.33.6
Eurozone1.20.31.01.2
Japan0.50.00.00.5
United States***2.31.32.32.0
** new CPI series *** eop for CPI inflation
Source: DBS Group Research, CEIC

Exchange rates, end of period

2Q213Q214Q211Q222Q22
Mainland China*6.686.646.66.586.56
Hong Kong7.767.777.777.787.79
India74.27473.873.673.4
Indonesia14,60014500144001435014300
Malaysia4.164.144.124.114.1
Philippines49.549.148.848.448.1
Singapore**1.371.361.351.341.34
South Korea1,1551,1501,1451,1401,135
Taiwan……………
Thailand31.23130.830.730.6
Vietnam***23,06023,03023,01022,97022,940
Eurozone1.171.181.181.191.19
Japan110109109108108
United States……………

Policy interest rates, end of period

2Q213Q214Q211Q222Q22
Mainland China*3.853.853.853.853.85
Hong Kong……………
India4.004.004.004.004.00
Indonesia3.503.503.503.503.50
Malaysia1.751.751.751.751.75
Philippines2.002.002.002.002.00
Singapore**0.120.120.120.120.12
South Korea0.500.500.500.500.50
Taiwan1.131.131.131.131.13
Thailand0.500.500.500.500.50
Vietnam***4.004.004.004.004.00
Eurozone0.000.000.000.000.00
Japan-0.10-0.10-0.10-0.10-0.10
United States0.250.250.250.250.25

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