MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila, epicenter of the pandemic and the country’s major economic hub, managed to recover last year, but its growth remains among the slowest in the Philippines as the region suffered repeated lockdowns and surges in COVID cases. In the latest Regional Accounts of the Philippines, the National Capital Region (NCR) saw […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, April 28 (Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday revised up its outlook for Indonesia’s credit ratings to “stable” due to its economic recovery from the pandemic and better terms of trade, after putting the country on a “negative” outlook since April 2020. Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal and palm oil […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s producer price index (PPI) for local production, which measures the costs of goods at the factory gate, recorded a two-digit increase for the first time this year at 11.6 per cent in March 2022. The increase was led by higher prices of primary commodities, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). In […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government has not greenlighted the issuing or use of any cryptocurrency in the country, a report has said. The report, which cites a document recently released by the Ministry of Finance and Economics, said it is still illegal to create, distribute, or trade cryptocurrencies in Cambodia. According to a China News Service report, […]
Read MoreWhen 23-year-old Norwegian Anastasia Johansen and her boyfriend were planning their first vacation in two years, they considered going to Thailand but chose nearby Vietnam instead, for its simpler entry rules on the coronavirus. “The regulations to enter Thailand … were complicated to me and we had to pay for the hefty PCR test,” Ms […]
Read MorePoverty in Vietnam declined substantially between 2010 and 2020, according to a report released by the World Bank (WB) on April 28. The WB’s Poverty and Equity report, “From the Last Mile to the Next Mile”, says that over the past decade, the poverty rate at the bank’s 3.20 USD per day line for lower-middle […]
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