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Lim Hui Jie

Anniek Bao@in/anniek-yunxin-bao-460a48107/@anniekbyx

Key Points

• Asia-Pacific markets were higher on Tuesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rebound from their worst week of the year.
• China’s exports grew 8.7% year-on-year in August and imports grew 0.5%, customs data showed on Tuesday, compared to the forecast of 6.5% and 2% in a Reuters poll.

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Lim Hui Jie & Anniek Bao@in/anniek-yunxin-bao-460a48107/@anniekbyx

Key Points

• Japan’s second-quarter GDP came in at 2.9% on an annualized basis, less than the 3.2% expected by economists polled by Reuters and the advance figure of 3.1%.
• China’s inflation rate grew 0.6% year-on-year, lower than the 0.7% expected from economists polled by Reuters. On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose 0.4%, lower than the 0.5% expected.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Japan’s household spending data for July rose 0.1% in real terms from the previous year, compared to a 1.2% rise expected from economists polled by Reuters, and a reversal compared to a 1.4% fall in June.
• Hong Kong’s markets will be shut today due to Super Typhoon Yagi.

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Lee Ying Shan@in/ying-shan-lee@LeeYingshan & Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Investors in Asia assessed July pay data out of Japan, which could provide more room to the Bank of Japan for raising rates.
• Average monthly cash earnings in the country rose 3.6% year-on-year, a softer rise compared to the 4.5% climb seen in June.
• Other economic data coming from the region include trade data from Australia and Singapore’s retail sales numbers.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix — both Nvidia suppliers — lost 3.45% and 8.02% respectively.
• However, mainland Chinese and Hong Kong indexes saw smaller losses compared to other markets.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Among the economic data coming out from major markets in the region inflation numbers from South Korea, Australia’s second-quarter GDP data, as well as data on pay and household spending from Japan later this week.
• Over the weekend, China released its official PMI data for August. The manufacturing PMI fell to a six month low of 49.1, a faster contraction compared to the 49.4 seen in July.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• U.S. economic data such as initial jobless claims and a stronger second-quarter GDP number helped calm recessionary fears
• Traders in Asia assessed economic data out of Japan, including inflation in the capital city of Tokyo, which is widely considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Australia’s CPI rose 3.5% year on year, slightly above the 3.4% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters and compared to 3.8% in June.
• Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s last meeting revealed that the central bank had considered raising interest rates in its bid to tame inflation.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• China reported that its industrial profits from January to July climbed 3.6% year on year.
• Oil prices continued to rise after Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes over the weekend, with U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude climbing 3.5% to close at $77.42 per barrel and Brent crude up 3.05% at $81.43 a barrel, its highest in about two weeks.

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Lim Hui Jie

Key Points

• Investors in Asia assessed dovish comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and rising Middle East tensions as Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes.
• China’s central bank will release its medium-term lending rate on Monday, while Singapore will publish its manufacturing data for July.

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