TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Economist at SKHA Institute for Global Competitiveness, Eric Alexander Sugandi estimated that inflation in August would not be high. According to him, there is even a potential of deflation, albeit small. Eric added that low inflation was triggered by the prices of basic food that have gone back to normal, especially after Eid Day. “Price normalization […]
Read MoreThai annual headline consumer prices rose for a second straight month in August, government data showed on Friday, but the inflation rate was still low, giving the central bank ample room to keep monetary policy loose to support the economy. Headline consumer prices increased 0.32% in August from a year earlier, after a 0.17% rise […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – After years of a gradual shift to e-payments, talk has intensified over moving to a cashless society. Themes include the need to play catch up with some other countries, the way that cash is too easy to use here, and educating users and merchants about e-payments. However, merchants The Straits Times spoke to […]
Read MoreIn the National League for Democracy (NLD) government’s first fiscal year in power local investors made investments amounting to K1.57 trillion while foreigners made investments worth a total of US$7.44 billion in Myanmar, Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance U Set Aung said at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on August 31. DURING the 2016-17 fiscal year, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A research conducted by property consultant Savills Indonesia shows that e-commerce and tech companies are now occupying commercial office buildings. The tech companies include fintech companies and software development companies. Savills Indonesia research and consulting department head Anton Sitorus said that most of the companies earlier used houses, house-shops (known as ruko) or small warehouses as […]
Read MoreHANOI — Vietnam’s total revenue from retail sales and services reached VND2.58 quadrillion (US$114.7 billion) in the first eight months of this year, a year on year increase of 10.3 per cent, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). The figure amounted to an 8.9 per cent increase, excluding the price factor, the highest rise recorded since […]
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