In the most recent quarterly survey of major economies in Asia by The Japan Center for Economic Research and the Nikkei, economists were mostly upbeat, with growth forecasts rising toward 2018. Southeast Asia is expected to see faster growth, helped by a combination of strong exports and solid domestic demand. Southeast Asia is set to end 2017 on a high note, propelled by a broad-based pick-up in global growth and world trade, but also by supportive domestic conditions and firmer commodity prices, according to ICAEW. The Philippines and Vietnam will remain the star performers in 2018, with economic growth projected to exceed 6 percent again, according to the median forecasts of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.