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8 September ASEAN manufacturing PMI rose above 50 in August Indonesia inflation rate slowed slightly to 3.82% ASEAN purchasing managers index (PMI) rose above 50 level to 50.4 in August, after falling to 49.3 in July. According to IHS Markit, the PMI showed an improvement across the region with the pace of improvement the quickest in three months. Among the seven ASEAN countries covered by IHS Markit, five of the countries reflected an expansion in August, with the exception of Thailand and Myanmar. While the improvement in the PMI may be due to the end of Eid al-fitr festive season which happened in June-July this year, we believe the recovery also reflected a global economy that continues to strengthen with growth becoming more entrenched and synchronised across major economies. Economic Update ASEAN Weekly Wrap Singapore s PMI rose to 51 in August, after the dismal performance in July at 47.9. Both Malaysia and Indonesia also showed improvement, with the manufacturing PMI came in at 50.4 and 50.7 respectively in August, from 48.3 and 48.6 respectively in the previous month. Philippines, which showed a strong expansion of 52.8 in July, moderated to 50.6 in August. On the other hand, Thailand and Vietnam was relatively unchanged at 49.5 and 51.8 respectively (Thailand at 49.6 while Vietnam at 51.7 in July). According to IHS Markit, the ASEAN manufacturing sector returned to growth in August, with the PMI showing an improvement in overall business conditions. The expansion was supported by a mix of strengthened demand from both domestic and external sources. Most of the positive expansion was due to renewed expansion in both total new orders and output, where total new inflows grew at the fastest pace for four months during August, supported by renewed growth in exports sales. Growth in the order book volumes also lifted production level with output across the region increased for the first time since May. Despite the positive outlook, we believe some manufacturers are adopting a cautious approach towards purchasing activity and stocks. Preproduction stocks fell for an eleventh month, though at a slower rate as compared to July. Seperately, Indonesia s inflation rate slowed further to 3.82% in August (3.9% in July), which may the reason for Bank Indonesia (BI) s decision to cut its policy rate in August MPC meeting. The inflation rate was lower than market expectations at 3.95% and slightly slower than the inflation rate in July at 3.88%. The core inflation rate, which excludes government-controlled and volatile food prices, was down from 3.05% in July to to 2.98% in August. Fig 1: ASEAN economic releases (1 7 Sept ) Economic Research (603) 2146 7540 alan.tan@affinhwang.com izzuddin.yussof@affinhwang.com maisarah.razali@affinhwang.com OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG GENERAL 2016 2016 2016 CONSENSUS CPI (%yoy) Philippines 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.0 Indonesia 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 4.0 Thailand 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 PMI Manufacturing (Index) Malaysia 47.2 47.1 47.1 48.6 49.4 49.5 50.7 48.7 46.9 48.3 50.4 Thailand 48.8 48.2 50.6 50.6 50.6 50.2 49.8 49.7 50.4 49.6 49.5 Philippines 56.5 56.3 55.7 52.7 53.6 53.8 53.3 54.3 53.9 52.8 50.6 Indonesia 48.7 49.7 49.0 50.4 49.3 50.5 51.2 50.6 49.5 48.6 50.7 Singapore 50.5 52.8 52.0 51.6 51.4 52.2 52.6 51.4 50.7 51.3 53.2 Source: All data from Bloomberg and CEIC, consensus from Bloomberg Page 1 of 6

8 September Appendix I: ASEAN economic charts (1 7 Sept ) Chart 1: Malaysia s trade Chart 2: Indonesia s inflation Chart 3: Indonesia inflation breakdown Chart 4: Philippines CPI breakdown Chart 5: Thailand s CPI Chart 6: Regional PMI Source: All data for charts sourced from CEIC and Bloomberg Page 2 of 6

8 September Appendix II: Upcoming ASEAN economic releases charts Chart 7: Malaysia s IPI Chart 8: Singapore s retail sales Chart 9: Phillipines trade Chart 10: Phillipines component share of exports Chart 11: Philipines import breakdown Chart 12: Regional foreign reserves Source: All data for charts sourced from CEIC and Bloomberg Page 3 of 6

8 September Appendix III: Monthly ASEAN economic data trend OCT 2016 NOV 2016 DEC 2016 JAN MALAYSIA CPI (%yoy) 1.4 1.8 1.8 3.2 4.5 5.1 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.2 - Core CPI (%yoy) 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 - IPI (%yoy) 4.2 6.2 4.8 3.5 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.0 - - Exports (%yoy) -8.5 8.0 11.0 13.6 26.6 24.1 20.5 32.4 9.9 30.9 - Imports (%yoy) -6.6 11.3 11.5 16.1 27.7 39.4 24.7 30.2 3.7 21.8 - Trade balance (US$bn) 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.1 2.0 1.2 2.0 1.3 2.3 1.9 - Foreign reserves (US$bn) 97.8 96.4 94.5 95.0 95.0 95.4 96.1 98.0 98.9 99.4 100.5 INDONESIA CPI (%yoy) 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 Core CPI (%yoy) 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 IPI (%yoy) 0.1 2.0 4.3 3.4 3.8 6.1 6.7 6.9-1.4 - - Exports (%yoy) 5.1 21.4 16.0 27.9 11.5 24.3 13.6 24.6-11.7 41.1 - Imports (%yoy) 3.6 10.0 5.8 14.3 11.6 17.5 10.5 23.6-17.4 54.0 - Trade balance (US$bn) 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.6 1.7-0.3 - Foreign reserves (US$bn) 115.0 111.5 116.4 116.9 119.9 121.8 123.2 125.0 123.1 127.8 - PHILIPPINES CPI (%yoy) 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.1 Core CPI (%yoy) 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.0 IPI (%yoy) 4.5 9.6 16.6 14.0 8.7 12.3 2.2 7.3 5.1 - - Exports (%yoy) 9.7-4.5 6.6 22.0 8.7 18.1 19.1 14.0 5.8 - - Imports (%yoy) 11.1 21.0 19.0 12.2 15.2 18.0-0.1 16.6-1.3 - - Trade balance (US$bn) -2.2-2.5-2.5-2.5-1.8-2.3-1.8-2.7-2.0 - - Foreign reserves (US$bn) 85.1 81.4 80.7 81.4 81.4 80.9 82.0 82.2 81.3 81.1 81.5 SINGAPORE CPI (%yoy) -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.5 0.6 - IPI (%yoy) 1.2 11.7 22.4 4.0 10.2 11.4 6.7 4.6 12.7 21.0 - Non-oil domestic exports (%yoy) -14.0 15.6 9.1 8.4 21.3 16.8-0.3 0.4 8.8 8.5 - Electronic exports -6.0 3.5 5.7 5.8 17.8 6.3 6.7 28.9 5.4 16.3 - Imports (%yoy) -5.7 11.5 13.2 20.9 6.8 19.1 7.3 18.4 6.9 15.9 - Trade balance (US$bn) 4.1 3.1 3.4 2.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 3.4 4.3 4.3 - Foreign reserves (US$bn) 251.4 247.8 246.6 252.7 253.3 259.6 260.7 264.6 266.3 269.7 273.1 AILAND CPI (%yoy) 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 Core CPI (%yoy) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 IPI (%yoy) 0.5 3.9 0.5 2.2-1.1 0.0-1.8 1.6-0.3 3.7 - Exports (%yoy) -4.4 10.2 6.3 9.0-2.7 9.0 8.0 12.7 11.7 10.5 - Imports (%yoy) 6.3 2.6 10.0 5.1 20.4 19.2 13.3 18.3 13.7 18.5 - Trade balance (US$bn) 0.3 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.6 1.6 0.1 0.9 1.9-0.2 - Foreign reserves (US$bn) 180.3 174.7 171.9 179.2 183.0 180.9 184.5 184.1 185.6 190.4 - REAL GDP (%yoy) 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17 MALAYSIA 5.8 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.5 5.5 6.5 - INDONESIA 4.8 4.7 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 - PHILIPPINES 5.1 6.0 6.4 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.1 6.6 6.4 6.5 - SINGAPORE 2.4 2.0 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.2 2.9 2.5 2.9 - AILAND 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.0 5.0 - Source: Bloomberg, CEIC FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG Page 4 of 6

8 September Appendix IV: ASEAN Economic Calendar for September September Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 Aug Nikkei PMI Aug CPI Aug 25 Foreign 4 5 6 7 8 MY Aug Nikkei PMI SG Aug Nikkei PMI MY Jul Trade SG PH Aug Nikkei PMI PH Aug CPI MY Aug 30 Foreign PH Aug Foreign Aug Foreign Sept 1 Foreign Aug Foreign Aug Nikkei PMI Aug CPI 11 12 13 14 15 Sept 8 Foreign MY Jul IPI SG Jul Retail Sales PH Jul Trade Aug Trade 18 19 20 21 22 Sept 15 Foreign SG Aug NODX MY Aug CPI MY Sept 15 Foreign Aug Customs Trade 25 26 27 28 29 SG Aug CPI SG Aug IPI SG Aug Money Supply PH Sept 22 Foreign Aug Trade Aug Money Supply Aug Money Supply =Indonesia, MY=Malaysia, PH=Philippines, SG=Singapore, =Thailand Dates for indicators are subject to change Source: Bloomberg Page 5 of 6

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