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The Asia-Pacific region will face some stern tests in 2008-10. While we believe that the rise of Asia arguably represents the most significant shift in wealth in five hundred years... 2008-10-31

The won rose sharply against the US$ today on the back of a US$30bn swap agreement with the USFederal Reserve and an encouraging trade account reading for September. We see potential... 2008-10-30

Following another day of very sharp losses on Thursday, we are reiterating key downside levels for several Asian stock markets. While we do not preclude short-term bounces, the overall... 2008-10-16

Asia's financial markets are enjoying a strong bounce in line with the US Dow Jones and coordinated international action to relieve tight credit conditions, but they are not out of... 2008-10-14

Asian currencies are seeing some encouraging bounces, amid a pronounced rebound in equities and a renewed weakening of the US dollar. In the short term, we could see further upside,... 2008-09-22

BMI View: In view of the sharp falls in Asian currencies lately, we have been forced to re-assess our end-2008 and even end-2009 forecasts. We see further declines in the short term.... 2008-09-18

BMI View: We see further downside for Asian stock markets and currencies in the near term. Indeed, with most equity markets down by between 1.5% and 3.5% on Thursday September 11,... 2008-09-11

Singapore's dollar looks poised for further weakness over the near term as the return of the greenback continues to undermine the currency. Since reaching an all-time high of SGD1.3438/US$... 2008-08-22

Singapore's Straits Times Index (STI) is currently hovering just above major support in the 2,700 area. We see scope for further declines towards 2,300, given the negative news pervading... 2008-08-19

With signs that the hitherto inexorable strength across the commodity universe may soon be set to give way (see Commodities Over The Edge, August 5 2008), renewed concerns over global... 2008-08-05