Asean

It has been a bad few months for relations between the United States and China.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement was finally signed last week, after eight long years involving 31 negotiating rounds and eight ministerial sessions.

A rally in Southeast Asia’s currencies is petering out as a global surge in coronavirus infections tampered vaccine optimism.

Three questions emerge from Joe Biden’s election as the 46th President of the US.

Southeast Asia’s sizzling-hot internet economy cooled during the pandemic but spending online should bounce back rapidly and triple to more than US$300 billion ($404.31 billion) by 2025, research f

Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that they will be extending the US$10 billion ($13.61 billion) bilateral financial arrangement for another year.

A scan of international media reporting on Indonesia reveals a somewhat downbeat picture of the country.

The Asean + 3 Macroeconomic Review Office (AMRO) has slashed its 2020 growth forecast for Asean + 3 nations to 0%, from its previous prediction of 2%.

SINGAPORE (July 9): While most countries plunge into recession caused by Covid-19, Myanmar, with its relatively insulated economy, will still experience growth this year.

SINGAPORE (July 8): Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investment activity across Southeast Asia reported a slowdown in 1Q20 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.