Macroeconomics

APAC accounted for around 50% of the global PreCast market followed by Europe , North America and Rest of the world. The Kingdoms major cities are building in huge towers, malls, hotels , office building and halls based out of precast concrete and its products. To boost the real estate and to propel the precast market the KSA government has late...

The fate of oil-producing economies is contingent on oil production being frozen by Saudi Arabia and Iran. The recent conclusion of the Doha Oil Meet has brought no resolution with Saudi Arabia’s refusal to freeze oil, unless Iran agrees to do the same. Oil exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, and Algeria a...

The Q1 2016 outlook for emerging Asia-Pacific countries is likely to remain bearish because of the slow export recovery. Indonesian and Thai economy might uptick slightly as infrastructure investment accelerates. Malaysian economic outlook for Q1 2016 is dim as it is still battling the conflict out of the imposition of Goods and Services Tax and ad...

The slowing Chinese economy has taken a toll on emerging Asia-Pacific economies. Indonesia’s reforms and robust FDI are helping it recuperate after a lackluster H1 2015. Vietnam’s strong FDI inflows and domestic market are contributing to impressive GDP growth. Malaysia and Thailand are likely to be affected by slow GDP growth and negative busi...