KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is set to benefit from higher exports of goods and services this year as external demand strengthens, said the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). It said on Tuesday the country will see stronger demand from its major trading partners, leading to the export of goods and services to grow by 1.8% […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that Indonesia`s debt to GDP ratio is lower than other countries. “Indonesia’s debt [to GDP] ratio is quite high. But not as high as othercountries,” she said in South Tangerang on Monday, April 17, 2017. Sri Mulyani said that Indonesia’s debt to GDP ratio currently stands at […]
Read MoreA local credit firm has received multiple complaints for incessantly calling debt-free people day and night to ask about strangers with outstanding payments. Phan Tuan Khanh, a resident of Ho Chi Minh City, said that since January he had been constantly harassed by phone calls from individuals identifying themselves as employees from FE Credit, a […]
Read MoreThe export recovery continued to gain steam last month, beating economists’ predictions. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) climbed for a fifth straight month, up 16.5 per cent in March from the same period a year ago. Last month’s Nodx was 1.1 per cent lower than February’s, but this still beat economists’ forecast of a much sharper […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, said that the government will strive to reduce logistic costs in Indonesia. “The dwelling time has now improved, but costs remain high,” Luhut said at his office in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.L Luhut revealed that the government is reviewing each component of logistic […]
Read MoreBualuang Ventures, the venture capital company of Bangkok Bank (BBL), is mainly focused on investing in local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) unlike its banking peers, who are focused on financial technology (fintech) firms. More than a half of the venture fund firm’s capital is expected to be allocated for investment in SMEs, said Panukorn […]
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