SINGAPOREANS don’t expect overall consumer costs to budge much in the next 12 months, but think that core inflation – that is, price hikes outside of housing and private transport – could still inch up. People here figured that inflation would hit 2.85 per cent in the year ahead, the quarterly DBS-SMU Singapore Index of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Low cost airlines continue to soar high as they bolstered their reign over the Philippine market last year, aviation think tank CAPA Centre for Aviation said. In its latest report, CAPA said the Philippines posted the third highest domestic low cost carrier (LCC) penetration rate in Asia Pacific last year at 64 […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: While Malaysia’s private consumption may lose some steam this year, it will remain strong and largely unaffected by the broader economic slowdown, according to Fitch Solutions. The research house forecast real private consumption growth to slow in 2019 as consumption declined from its high base in 2018. This came after consumers front-loaded their purchases over the three-month long tax holiday between June and September 2018. Fitch […]
Read MoreTHE BANK OF Thailand (BOT) will hold the policy interest rate at 1.75 per cent throughout 2019, Tada Phutthitada, president of the Thai Bond Market Association (ThaiBMA), predicted last week. Short-term government bond yield is also expected to be stable in tandem with the BOT’s policy rate, while long-term government bond yield could be more […]
Read MoreIndustry players and experts have urged the government to ensure adequate infrastructure for electric vehicles (EV), including battery charging stations, before implementing a planned regulation that will speed up incentives for production. While the government has vowed to provide fiscal incentives for EVs, it should also prepare crucial infrastructure to support them, said Jongkie Sugiarto, […]
Read MoreThe State Enterprise Policy Office (Sepo) has kicked off its planned divestment of 72 privately owned companies in which it owns less than a 50% stake by putting 18 non-listed securities on sale. Sepo is waiting for bids from interested people after the divestment of the 18 securities was announced late last year, said a source […]
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