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Tracking Asian Integration

Beyond Factory Asia - ADB Live Online Chat

Will developing Asia manage to invest in skills, technologies, and the private sector to move beyond low-cost manufacturing and ensure that economic growth remains strong? Join ADB's Ramesh Subramaniam and Thiam Hee Ng in a live discussion on Monday, 13 May 2013, 06:00 to 07:00 GMT (14:00 to 15:00 Manila Time). Read more

ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 111 - Exporting and Innovation: Theory and Firm-Level Evidence from the People's Republic of China

April 2013

Using firm-level data from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and matching econometrics, the paper finds that exporters invest more in innovation than non-exporters. Still, exporting has a smaller impact on innovation among firms in the electronics sectors, located at coastal areas, and foreign-owned. Read more.

New RCI Information Pack now available

May 2013

The monthly RCI Information Pack covers news and events on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia and the Pacific. It also includes monetary, financial, and trade indicators that monitor links between the region's economies and major external partners. Data used are available for download.

Launch of Asian Development Outlook 2013

ADB's flagship annual economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook 2013, forecasts that rising private consumption and stronger intraregional trade will spur a pickup in growth in developing Asia in 2013 and 2014. The report warns that political risks linked to the US debt ceiling, austerity measures in the eurozone, and tensions over border disputes in Asia are main threats to the near term outlook. Read press release. Download report.

Pacific Economic Monitor - March 2013

Mar 2013

This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses 2013 and 2014 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific developing member countries. The theme of the policy briefs included in this issue is energy in the Pacific. Read full report.

 

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Calendar

20 May 2013

  • THA  GDP
  • JPN  Leading Index
  • HKG  Unemployment
  • JPN  Machine Orders

21 May 2013

  • GER  PPI
  • HKG  CPI

22 May 2013

  • JPN  Exports
  • JPN  Imports
  • JPN  Trade Balance
  • MAL  CPI
  • TAP  Unemployment
  • US  Existing Home Sales
  • JPN  Monetary Policy

23 May 2013

  • UKG  GDP
  • US  Housing Prices
  • SIN  CPI
  • SIN  IPI
  • TAP  IPI
  • US  New Home Sales
  • EA  Consumer Confidence
  • EA  PMI
  • EA  PMI
  • EA  PMI
  • GER  PMI
  • GER  PMI
  • PRC  PMI
  • US  PMI
  • US  Jobless Claims
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Daily Market Watch

Currency Per US$      Latest Closing1  %Chg2
Euro 0.77 0.43
Japanese yen 101.96 0.46
Bangladeshi taka 77.81 0.00
  • 1 16 May 2013
  • 2 From previous close
  • Depreciation(-) Appreciation (+)
  • Source: Datastream
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Stock Indices      Latest Closing1  %Chg2
US Dow Jones Ind Avg 15,233.22 -0.28
US Nasdaq 3,465.24 -0.18
US S&P 500 1,650.47 -0.50
  • 1 16 May 2013
  • 2 From previous close
  • Source: Datastream
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Commodity Prices      Latest Closing1  %Chg2
All Metals 248.17 0.25
Aluminum 1,825.25 1.01
Brent Oil 103.92 0.38
  • 1 16 May 2013
  • 2 From previous close
  • Source: Bloomberg and Datastream for cotton prices
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Overnight
Interbank rates
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  Latest Closing1  %Chg2
PRC 2.70 0.46
Hong Kong, China 0.21 0.00
India 7.34 0.01
  • +Except for Hong Kong (1-Month HIBOR);
    Sri Lanka (1-Day SLIBOR)
  • 1 16 May 2013
  • 2 From previous close
  • Source: Bloomberg
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