The primary equity indices in Indonesia (JSX), Malaysia (KLCI), the Philippines (PSEi), and Thailand (SET) outperformed global benchmarks in 2022. A statistical review of macro factors […]
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Increased Weakness in Rupiah and Potential for Higher Inflation Puts Bank Indonesia’s mid-November Policy Meeting in Focus
As of November 2022, of Bank Indonesia’s two mandates—price and foreign exchange stability[1]—its efforts to curtail inflation seem to be more fruitful, although the Philippines’ […]
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Effective Capital Allocation Necessary for Indonesia To Harness Interest Rate Cuts
Jakarta’s interest rate cuts should help stimulate the economy in the short term and facilitate the government’s pursuit of its 5.2% growth target, but in […]
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Grasberg Decision Unlikely To Impact Greatly Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto might abandon its interests in the Grasberg copper and gold mine in West Papua, Indonesia, underscoring the uncertain Indonesian political environment in which […]
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