KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s industrial output rose 4% in June, which was above economists’s forecast of a 3% growth, mainly underpinned by the manufacturing sector’s electrical and electronics (E&E) segment. The Statistics Department said on Thursday the increase was supported by positive growth in all sectors, with manufacturing recording a 4.7% growth, mining (2.4%) and electricity […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The country’s trade deficit narrowed 9.3 percent in June as import growth slowed while exports accelerated modestly, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday. Total external trade in goods fell 1.2 percent to $11.97 billion in June from $12.12 billion registered in the same period last year after posting 10 […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will sign a memorandum of understanding on a free trade agreement with the Eurasian countries. Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita said that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will be executed at the end of 2017. “The prospect of increased trade with Eurasian countries is huge,” he said yesterday, August 10, at the Trade Ministry […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S government narrowed its growth forecast for the year to 2-3 per cent from 1-3 per cent and kept its monetary policy stance, even as the economy grew faster than expected at 2.9 per cent year on year in the second quarter of 2017, based on the latest data released by the Ministry of Trade […]
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