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Indonesia: Indonesia warns tax dodgers

Indonesia: Indonesia warns tax dodgers Saturday, 20 August 2016 – Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (pic) warned tax dodgers that an eight-month tax amnesty programme was their last opportunity to have all of their ?sins deleted? or face ?hell? afterwards. In her first interview with the foreign media since returning as minister, the former […]

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Thailand: BoT move on rising baht

Thailand: BoT move on rising baht Thursday, 18 Aug 2016 – The Bank of Thailand has been using policy tools, including intervention in the currency market, to curb the rapid baht rise, says a senior central bank official. “The central bank has managed the baht value accordingly and [currency] intervention is one of its tools, […]

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Vietnam: VN-EU trade value increases 9.1%

Vietnam: VN-EU trade value increases 9.1% Tuesday, 16 August 2016 – Trade value between Vi?t Nam and the European Union (EU) in the first half of this year has gained a year-on-year growth of 9.05 per cent to US$21.2 billion. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s European Market Department, during the period, export […]

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Philippines: Record-low debt level in 6 years

Philippines: Record-low debt level in 6 years Tuesday, 16 August 2016 – Despite plans for a higher budget deficit, the national government’s debt pile is projected to fall to record-low levels by the end of the Duterte administration, officials said yesterday. “This is because the growth rate of our economy will be much faster than […]

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