The overall sentiment of foreign businesses operating in Thailand remains relatively low, with rising unemployment, tight liquidity, the country’s political stability and economic prospects topping their concerns. According to the new foreign business confidence index (FBCI) that gauges foreign business sentiment in Thailand conducted by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), foreign […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – The nascent economic recovery that started in the later half of 2020 has improved the financial health of most Singapore residents, but some segments of the population are still struggling, a DBS Bank report found. The path to recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession is likely to be uneven and may require more sustained […]
Read MoreWhen completed, the first phase of the Sithandone Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is expected to be valued at some USD 600 million. According to a report by Socio-Economic News, the first phase of the construction of the Sithandone Special Economic Zone project began in 2018 and is scheduled to be completed in 2025. Vice President of Sithandone […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: The number of foreign visitors arriving in Indonesia fell 89.05% in January from a year earlier to around 141,300 amid global coronavirus-linked restrictions on travel, data released by the statistics bureau showed. Indonesia’s annual inflation rate cooled for a second straight month in February to 1.38%, the slowest since August 2020, data from the […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The foreign-invested sector made up 76.4% of Vietnam’s total exports in the first two months with US$37.07 billion, representing an increase of 30.5% year-on-year. Vietnam reported an estimated trade deficit of US$800 million in February, narrowing the trade surplus in the first two months of 2021 to US$1.29 billion in 2019, the General […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Economists remain positive on Malaysia’s growth this year on the back of vaccine rollouts and gradual economic reopening globally despite concerns that the early part of the year may be impacted by the current movement control order (MCO). MIDF Research said that Malaysia’s leading index (LI) rose 7.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) last December, increasing […]
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