Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSEZ) shares have seen high volume of shares trade hands over the last three trading days. A combined total trading volume of 308,838 shares were made between Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday saw 142,201 shares exchanged, with Thursday trades reaching 99,870 and 66,767 being moved on Friday. The three-day trading […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (ICIS)–Indonesia’s central bank on Thursday kept its benchmark interest rate at 3.5%, in support of the rupiah (Rp). “This decision is in line with the need to maintain the stability of the Rupiah exchange rate against increasing uncertainty on global financial markets, amidst the forecast for inflation that remains low,” Bank Indonesia said. The […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may resume easing interest rates by the second half of the year once inflation tapers off, according to Capital Economics. In its weekly brief, the London-based think tank maintained that rate cuts are unlikely in the near term as inflation remains high. This means that the […]
Read MoreFive Vietnamese companies have been listed in the top 10 most visited e-commerce websites in Southeast Asia despite the global pandemic affecting consumers in the region, according to the latest e-commerce report. The Vietnamese e-commerce platforms are thegioididong and Bach hoa xanh (28.6 million and 8.8 million visits, respectively), Tiki (22.5 million visits), Sendo (14.3 […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s external debt surged by nearly 18 percent to $98.49 billion in 2020 from $83.62 billion in 2019 as the government borrowed more to finance its pandemic response efforts and various infrastructure projects, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno. He attributed the increase to the issuance of […]
Read MoreInflation data THE Statistics Department is expected to report on the consumer price index (CPI) for February 2021 on Wednesday. Economists expect inflation to decline 0.5% in February although crude oil is in the mid-US$60 (RM250). CPI declined 0.2% in January 2021 to 122.1 as against 122.4 in the same month of the preceding year. […]
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