Macroeconomics

Strong economic growth supported by resilient domestic demand, growth in exports, accommodative government policies, and improved investor confidence is expected for the Emerging Asia Pacific economies in H1 2015.

Economic growth in the emerging APAC regions will be resilient through H2 2014 and the beginning of 2015. While favourable financial conditions, improving labour market conditions, and broadly accommodative policies will support domestic demand growth, global economic recovery and a stronger-than-expected recovery of the US economy will help boost ...

The growth outlook for the emerging APAC region for H2 2014 remains strong despite weaker growth in Q1 2014. Growth in the region picked up in Q2 2014, primarily driven by stronger export demand from the advanced economies and improved financial conditions that helped strengthen the domestic demand. While relatively low interest rates in the region...

Despite slow economic expansion in the advanced economies in the first quarter of 2014, emerging Asian economies are expected to record moderate to robust growth rate throughout 2014, primarily driven by improved domestic demand conditions, higher foreign direct investment growth, and investment in infrastructure. Relatively stable oil prices and d...

BRICS economies witnessed a massive slowdown in early 2014 owing to various domestic instabilities and are unlikely to return to pre-financial crisis growth levels in the near future. From a short-term perspective, the sluggish recovery in the US and in the Eurozone, production slowdowns in China, political conflicts in Russia, deteriorated busines...

Economies of the Rest of World (RoW) countries are expected to grow moderately in H2 2014 as they gradually revive from the global economic slowdown. In Australia, investments in non-mining sectors are low and there are signs of contraction. A modest growth in manufacturing is expected to drive growth marginally in Argentina. An improved business ...

Low consumption demand and high inflation are expected to keep Brazil’s growth sentiments subdued. A rebound in manufacturing output of Russia is expected in H1 2014 because of a gradual decline in input prices with a decline in inflation and rise in demand for domestic goods. Improvements in current account and fiscal balances in India are expec...

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The emerging Asia-Pacific economies are likely to register moderate growth in 2014. While the downside risk factors due to advanced economies ebbed in 2013, domestic demand is expected to be strong in 2014, sustained by easy financial conditions, a healthy labor market, strong investment in infrastructural projects, and robust manufacturing sector ...