(Sep 26): Prices in China are recovering, according to an independent survey, providing more evidence that the worst may be over for the world’s second-biggest economy and easing fears of a Japan-style deflation for now.

The all-sector price index hit 50.9 in September, the highest leve...

China’s economy is set to avoid a Japanese-style deflation

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Malaysia’s producer price index (PPI) improved for the second consecutive month with a slower contraction of 1.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in August, against a 2.3% contraction in July, on the back of better performance from the mining sector, although production across all other sectors slowed.

Malaysia’s PPI improves for second month in August, still down 1.8%

LONDON (Sept 24): Britain's pensions industry, Europe's biggest, is posing a new challenge to the country's 2 trillion pound ($2.5 trillion) government bond market a year on from the "mini-budget" crisis that put the sector at the centre of financial stability fears....

A year after budget crisis, UK debt faces fresh pensions headwind

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): The Leading Index (LI) for July 2023 anticipated a modest economic performance after registering 109.0 points, a 0.9% decrease year-on-year from 109.5 points in July 2022, said the Department of Statistics (DOSM) on Monday.

DOSM: Leading Index records 109.0 points in July 2023

The Asia-Pacific (Apac) remains a multi-speed region, with its developed economies undergoing soft landings and seeing low, but positive, growth, while the emerging market economies are poised for robust expansions, said S&P Global Ratings.

S&P: Apac to see resilient growth amid China slowdown 

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): CGS-CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd said it is maintaining its consumer price index (CPI) projection for Malaysia at 2.8% this year, as it believes the impact of the rising price of rice is “still negligible on the index as the weightage is only at 1.1%”.

CGS-CIMB keeps CPI forecast at 2.8%, sees impact of rising price of rice as negligible

Across the ocean in the US, this year's Oct 1 is a critical day.

The world, including China, unwilling to lend to an empire that prints money — reports

Local research houses have maintained their consumer price index (CPI) forecasts for 2023, as Malaysia’s headline inflation continued its growth momentum at 2% in August.

Research houses maintain M'sian inflation rate forecasts for 2023 as August CPI stays at 2%

Malaysia's headline inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), grew 2.0% in August, the same growth rate recorded in July, as overall prices for food, restaurants and hotels recorded a slower increase in the month under review.

Malaysia's CPI growth stayed at 2.0% in August, core inflation down to 2.5%

As the special economic zone (SEZ) between Johor and Singapore takes shape, along with the development of a special financial zone in Forest City, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar envisions a bright future for Johor, one where the state’s presence is further established on the global stage.

Special economic zone, financial hub to boost Johor's global presence, says Sultan Ibrahim

Economic growth remains a big challenge for Germany, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Thursday.

"Growth remains a major challenge," he said. "We have to strengthen growth in Germany, not through government demand programmes that could fuel inflation, but more on the supply side," Lindner said at an event organised by Handelsblatt.

Economic growth remains a big challenge for Germany — finance minister

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said on Thursday the state is investing more than RM10 billion to make Bintulu a sour gas hub with the development of the Sarawak Integrated Sour Gas Evacuation System (SISGES) in Tanjung Kidurong.

Abang Johari: Sarawak investing over RM10b to develop Bintulu as sour gas hub

At least 10 billionaires, including the likes of Hong Kong’s Pansy Ho and Indonesia’s Sukanto Tanoto, are now investing more than S$6 billion (US$4.4 billion or RM20.57 billion) to build new hotels and expand their operations across the city state.

Forbes: Asia’s billionaires ramping up hotel investments in Singapore

The Malaysian Economic Association (MEA) has urged the Anwar administration to reintroduce the goods and services tax (GST) to pare the budget deficit and boost investor confidence, while expanding government spending to promote strong economic growth going forward.

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