Euben Paracuelles
Euben Paracuelles
driving imports number oil surely whilst wrong
It's a respectable number for the wrong reasons. It's still oil that's driving imports whilst electronics, which are the No.1 export, are still down. We will surely see some slowdown in exports.
continuous drive growth sector strength
Continuous strength in the electronics sector will drive growth in NODX in December.
banks central last raise raising rates region served since thailand trend year
There's a trend now for central banks in the region to raise rates. Thailand has been raising rates since last year and it has served them well.
books books-and-reading high increase oil order prices rig seeing singapore
High oil prices are kind of benefiting Singapore in a way. We're seeing some increase in the order books of all these companies, the oil rig manufacturers.
estimate fourth implies improvement quarter
We are maintaining our full-year 2005 GDP estimate at 4.8 percent, which implies an improvement in the fourth quarter to 5.1 percent.