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Indonesia minister calls for better policy alignment

JAKARTA: Indonesia must synchronise monetary and fiscal policies better to tackle economic pressures caused by the pandemic, although the government does not back a proposal for a monetary board to oversee the country’s central bank, a top minister told Reuters. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the government was seeking to strengthen financial […]

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Philippines: Government sticks to 5.5% GDP drop this year

MANILA, Philippines — The government’s economic planning body is standing pat on its forecast 5.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) contraction this year despite the emergence of other risk factors on top of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. In a presentation before the Senate committee on finance yesterday, acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua said the […]

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