The cabinet on Tuesday approved lifting the borrowing limits for the state Oil Fund to allow for management flexibility, a move that offers the government more room to cope with surging fuel prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, the cabinet agreed to remove the borrowing limits set at […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Both Malaysia and China aspire to leverage the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement to boost trade activities, says Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Lim Ban Hong. In a statement yesterday, he said Malaysia encourages Chinese companies to use Malaysia as a gateway to Asean, whereas Malaysian companies can use […]
Read MoreINDONESIA’S consumer confidence and spending should recover on the back of a rising vaccination rate and as the population gets used to living with Covid-19, although it still sees pressure from volatile commodity prices, said Fitch Ratings. In a report on Wednesday (Mar 16), the research team noted that rising vaccination should help mobility and […]
Read MoreCONSTRUCTION delays resulting from restrictions to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic have continued to push rents higher in both condominiums and Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. Condominium rents rose for 14 straight months, going up 1.4 per cent in February compared to the previous month, while rents for HDB flats also continued […]
Read MoreThe government will shorten the petrol price adjustment from 15 days to 10 days, considering the rapid increase in international crude oil prices, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The government currently adjusts petrol price every 15 days or two times a month on the first and 16th of every month. Still, due to the […]
Read MoreBy 2025, Vietnam will have a generation of “digital customers”. This generation has higher expectations about digital financial products and services. To build an effective digital bank, experts say that customer experience must be the central task. To achieve this goal, in addition to capital and technology foundation, it is necessary to have qualified digital […]
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