The Vietnamese economy expanded by 7.83% in the first quarter of 2026. But the escalating conflict in the Middle East is increasing pressure on macroeconomic management,...
Amid rising input cost pressures, many manufacturing enterprises and retail systems are striving to control expenses and optimise operations. Maintaining stable price...
Amid disruptions to global fuel supply caused by conflict in the Middle East, which have pushed up crude oil prices and affected domestic fuel supply and markets, the...
Unsurprisingly, the surge in energy prices last week has led to a sharp reassessment of the G10 monetary policy outlook. Inflation will undoubtedly rise, if only...
With the consumer price index (CPI) in 2025 increasing by 3.31% compared to a year earlier, Viet Nam successfully kept inflation below the target set by the National...
Viet Nam has successfully kept inflation below 4% since 2015. Preserving socio-economic development achievements and maintaining effective inflation control in line with...
US dollar weakness could open up scope for rate cuts; not least from the ECB. However, we need to bear in mind that the US dollar is not just falling.
While 2025 was a rollercoaster year for Vietnam, it defied tariff concerns with yearly growth as high as 8%, in line with HSBC expectations.
Ha Noi’s trade activities maintained a solid growth rate over the first 11 months of 2025, with total revenue from retail sales of goods and service continuing to expand.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is likely to keep its policy rates unchanged throughout 2026 as long as inflation remains under control and authorities continue to...
Returning US government-generated data releases might give the release calendar a more normal feel and help clear up uncertainty around the Fed’s next policy decision.
Viet Nam’s economy witnessed a strong breakthrough in the third quarter of 2025, driven by the recovery of both supply and demand factors. Despite this momentum,...
The US dollar might spend many decades plunging in the same way as the yen has done?
The US August Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index will be one of the primary measures used to confirm the Fed's easing stance. Thus, PCE is anticipated to have...
Unless price data perks up quickly, many analysts say that the Fed’s next few rate cuts will be mostly uncontroversial.
Unless just about everybody is wrong, the Federal Reserve will cut the fed funds target by 25-bps to a range of 4.0%-4.25% this week.
The Fed looks set to re-start rate cuts next week and could take the fed funds target rate down by as much as 150-bps by the middle of next year. However, we doubt rates...
Those pushing for lower rates from the Fed, such as Governor Waller cite well-anchored inflation expectations as one reason to act. But many analysts think that this is...
FED independence has increased over time and inflation has come down. But correlation is not the same as causation.
According to many analysts, the gold price is unlikely to rise sharply next week after the Jackson Hole Symposium because investors remain cautious.
The current economic slowdown pushes the Fed to lower rates to around neutral, or even lower, but persistent inflation forces Fed to ‘tweak’ rates back up, possibly late...
The narrowing VND-USD interest rate differential during July helped curb the upward pressure on the exchange rate. However, pressure on USD/VND will remain big by...
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