September Macro Economy Review

[2017 - September - 25] Inflation stayed at modest levels in Singapore last month, the consumer price index(CPI) edged up 0.4% in August compared with the same month last year, data released the statistics department showed. The cost of some services - including healthcare and education inched up

[2017 - September - 26] Asian Development Bank projects Vietnam's GDP growth to be 6.5% in 2017 and 6.7% in 2018

[2017 - September - 19] Singapore's non-oil domestic export (NODX) grew 17% year-on-year, the strongest expansion in six months, exceeding July's 7.6 % (revised from 8.5%) growth

[2017 - September - 15] Moody’s Investors Service forecast that Philippine economic growth will exceed 6% this year - gross domestic product will expand 6.5% this year and 6.8% in 2018

[2017 - September - 11] China’s consumer inflation rate accelerated more to 1.8% in August from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday, the first uptick in three months.The consumer price index (CPI) had been expected to rise 1.6% on-year compared with an increase of 1.4% in July. The producer price index (PPI) rose to 6.3% from 5.5% in July