Asia Intelligence Brief for Thursday: on a single day the Philippines slammed on a jumbo rate hike to fight 6%-plus inflation while China held its rates at record lows to nurse a weak economy. The region's central banks are answering the same shocks in opposite directions.

Asia Intelligence Brief for Monday: markets hit fresh records on a chip rally just as the Bank of Japan prepares its first rate move in months and China's big monthly numbers land…

Asian economies are rushing to defend their currencies against a strengthening US dollar that has spiked inflation and pressured consumer sentiment across the region.

Asia Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: Japan delivered its biggest rate move in three decades and its market still hit a record, while China's weak May data confirmed the demand…

Asia Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: Japan hiked yet the yen kept falling, the Philippines weighed a jumbo hike to defend a weak peso, and Korea's chip boom ran on against a…

Asia Intelligence Brief for Thursday: on a single day the Philippines slammed on a jumbo rate hike to fight 6%-plus inflation while China held its rates at record lows to nurse a…

One global shock, opposite answers: the Philippines raised rates to fight inflation while China held them at record lows to fight deflation.