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Global Economic Outlook 2013
Global economic growth appears to be improving towards the end of 2012 following synchronised policy actions by central bankers around the world. There are signs that the pace of economic activity has picked up relative to the first half of the year. Furthermore, global final demand growth improved as solid performances from non-Japan Asia, the US, and Brazil offset contractions fr
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Global Sukuk Report 2013 (GSR 2013)
Sukuk remain a major facet of the Islamic finance industry in 2013. The Islamic capital market now stands aflush with more than USD230bln in outstanding sukuk papers, having developed as a crucial platform for international liquidity and fund raising activities
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Asia Focus - “Toughing it Out”
As we approach the new year, uncertainty has intensified amidst renewed Euro-zone peripheral concerns and fresh worries about global growth. China no longer has its usual swagger, the US dangles over the fiscal cliff, and Europe is lost in contemplation of its enduring problems. Japan, meanwhile, is greying fast, with the occasional stimulus merely painting over its structural cra
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Malaysia Research - January 2013
For 2013, we believe Malaysia will grow at a more moderate pace of 4.5% y-o-y, within the official forecast of 4.5%-5.5%, on the back of lacklustre global demand amidst a softer commodity outlook. The forecasted slowdown in growth in 2013 will partly reflect a return to trend for gross fixed investment, which surged in the first half of 2012 as a number of large infrastructure proje
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Recent Publications
- KFH Daily Highlights - 23 May 2013
- United States: "Fed Tapering Will Not Repeat the 1994 Sell-Off" - 23 May 2013
- KFH Daily Highlights: 22 May 2013
- Malaysia Automotive Monthly: "NAP Catalyst in 2013" - 22 May 2013
- Saudi Arabia: "One of the Best-Performing Economies in G-20" - 22 May 2013
- KFH Daily Highlights - 21 May 2013
- Sukuk Weekly: "GCC Yields at 6-Week High on the Back of Demand for Short-term Papers" - 21 May 2013
- KFH Weekly Highlights - 20 May 2013
- Japan: "A momentous shift in economic policy" - 20 May 2013