THD News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Thailand 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...

Emerging markets Asia’s regional central banks are powering ahead with frontloaded rate hikes. By contrast, we keep getting more dovish surprises in Central Europe. Brazil’s slower pace of tightening is well-deserved – the central bank was the hiking pioneer i...

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...

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 ...

Investors have been processing high inflation reports, rising interest rates, surging energy, commodity, and real estate prices. So, what is the market saying about which markets investors have favored the last couple of years vs where are they putting their money right now? A way...