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Philippines: BSP further eases forex regulations

MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has further eased foreign exchange transaction rules to boost efforts to convert half of retail transactions in the country to digital channels by 2023. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said the Monetary Board last week approved the revisions to the Manual of Regulations on Foreign Exchange Transactions. […]

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BI: Indonesia’s Forex Reserves Reach US$137.3 Bn in July

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia noted that the country’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves reached US$137.3 billion at the end of July 2021. “[The figures] increased compared to the position at the end of June 2021 at US$137.1 billion,” said BI’s Head of Communication Department, Erwin Haryono, in a written statement, Friday, August 6. The amount of the reserves will be sufficient […]

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ADB forecast on Brunei’s economic growth unchanged

Asia Development Bank’s (ADB) forecast for Brunei Darussalam’s economic growth remains unchanged in the latest Asian Development Outlook Supplement (ADO), July 2021 report published recently. In May this year, ADB said that Brunei’s economy is expected to strengthen in 2021 and 2022, on an improving external environment with economic growth of 2.5 per cent this […]

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More productive jobs to embrace a more prosperous Indonesia

Indonesia has made great strides in becoming a middle-class country and is working to become a thriving high-income country by 2045. Recognizing the importance of job creation throughout this journey, the country has remained committed to creating conditions for robust job creation. Even as progress globally has been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia has […]

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Thailand: Investors urged to focus on value stocks

Following a record-breaking six months of inflows into US mutual funds reaching a total of US$720 billion, Thai investors should focus their picks on value stocks reinforcing an economic recovery, says Morningstar Research Thailand. In June alone, US mutual funds posted $100 billion in net inflows, up from $83 billion in May. According to the […]

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Vietnam: Social distancing orders take toll on economic prospects

The health crisis is becoming increasingly complex and expected to continue drawing a grey economic picture in the region. Global data analysts FocusEconomics last week stated that the latest COVID-19 wave has been seriously hurting the Vietnamese economy, especially tourism and manufacturing industries, thus forcing the analysts to revise down the country’s GDP growth forecasts. […]

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