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Southeast Asia

Indonesia: The Sleeping Giant Is Waking Up

Indonesia is another economy that deserves far more attention than it receives in the West. The world’s fourth-most-populous nation expanded 5.29%...

Singapore: Capital Is Voting With Its Feet

Singapore’s economy expanded 5.9% year-over-year during the second quarter of 2026 after growing 6.3% in the first quarter. That brought growth for the first...

War in Southeast Asia

For hundreds of years, the two Southeast Asian neighbors, Cambodia and Thailand, have engaged in occasional military conflicts and nationalist rivalry centered on a...

Thailand Ready for War?

No matter what country we are looking at, we are witnessing the same timing on a global level. When I was compiling interest rates from around the globe and...

Troubles in Asia

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has escalated tensions with South Korea by declaring his “legitimate right” to annihilate its southern neighbor. This...

Buri Ram in Thailand Mandatory Vaccines of 2 Years in Prison

    In the Buri Ram, Thailand, Governor Thatchakorn Hatathathayakul, on May 2, ordered the closure of the two villages containing about 400 households or...

Hong Kong Withdraws Controversial Bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that she will withdraw a controversial extradition bill that has sparked months of mass protests. The Hang Seng index rallied...

I am in Asia with a Front Row Seat

QUESTION: How long will you be here in Asia? PP ANSWER: It is very interesting that we have clients on both sides of all these disputes here in Asia, except in...

Singapore Economy Turns Down & China Exports Decline

They are calling it an unexpected contraction in Singapore’s economy which is in line with our Economic Confidence Model which bottoms in January 2020. In...

Thailand the New Safe Haven?

The dollar decline against the Thai Baht is starting to impact both a trading perspective as well as economic. Thailand’s central bank is worried about the...