Markets, business, and economic intelligence for Southeast Asia
SOUTHEAST ASIA EDITIONGrowth, inflation, and the data shaping Southeast Asia's economies.
Hanoi wants to turn Bac Ninh, the province where Samsung builds much of its phone empire, and Quang Ninh, home of Ha Long Bay, into centrally governed cities. It is a bureaucratic reshuffle with a clear commercial goal, keeping foreign investment and growth pouring into two of the country's most productive corners.
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In his state of the nation address, President Prabowo Subianto reached for 6 percent growth in 2027, pledged a smaller budget deficit, and set a revenue target of 3,426 trillion rupiah. The three goals pull against each other, and how Jakarta reconciles them will shape the economy every South East Money reader operates in.
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Japan's parliament has approved a plan to build a backup seat of government outside Tokyo, with Osaka the clear front-runner. The move is part disaster insurance and part economic rebalancing, and it carries lessons for every Asian economy that has let a single mega city swallow its growth.
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The Japanese footwear retailer, with about 1,500 stores at home and abroad, wants to raise the share of sales it makes overseas from around 30 percent to 50 percent, and it is betting on fast growing Southeast Asia to get there.
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Two Japanese cities have landed in the top ten of the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability ranking, with Osaka in seventh place edging ahead of Tokyo in tenth, as Copenhagen holds the crown for a second year.
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The central bank held the cash rate at 4.35 percent but signaled it will keep tightening if needed, after three hikes this year cooled housing demand and left financial conditions somewhat restrictive.
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