EWM News and Press, iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund From 09/14/22

Summary Europe's quest for LNG to replace Russian pipeline gas will continue to prop international LNG prices until significant tranches of new supply can be brought onstream by 2025-26. To replace sharply declining Russian piped gas supply, European gas buyers are turning to LNG ...

Summary Non-China Asian exports are still growing, but the pace of increase has slowed and will slow still further as key export destinations struggle with inflation, energy security, and rising recession risks. In year-on-year terms, the rate of overall export growth is now skirt...

Summary Given its location and proximity to oceans, ASEAN is one of the most vulnerable regions to the impact of global warming. In recognizing the risks, the region has set decarbonization targets, pledged reduction plans in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and p...

Summary Light vehicle sales in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations recorded about 250,000 units in July 2022, an increase of 53.0% compared with July 2021. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations region's light vehicle production in July 2022 posted significant growth of...

Southeast Asia's power demand growth has averaged an impressive 5.7% annually from 2010 to 2019, making it one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. Southeast Asia's strong economic growth and accompanying high EIs are the key driving forces behind the large overall increase in...

A multifaced response, including increasing interest rates, is needed to prevent an upward spiral of price expectations and rising capital outflows. China, Asia’s largest economy, saw a significant deceleration in the second quarter as the zero-COVID policy prompted lockdowns f...

The latest S&P Global Electronics PMI survey shows that expansion in the electronics sector is continuing, albeit growth momentum has gradually moderated during the first half of 2022, with new orders having slowed. The global electronics industry continues to struggle with protra...

The peak rates chatter refuses to go away – and there are good reasons for that. Emerging markets' central banks frontloaded a lot of rate hikes, and real policy rates adjusted by expected inflation are now very positive (maybe even contractionary) in quite a few EMs. The l...

Power demand recovery momentum continues in the second quarter of 2022. The major power utilities in SEA countries announced electricity tariff hikes in this quarter after more than two years of price hike moratoriums to battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to published...

This research highlight summarizes the key impact papers and provides an overview the market signposts in Q2. Mainland China will continue to tighten its efficiency control over the energy-intensive industries as part of the key efforts to achieve carbon pledges. An unprecedented ...