THAILAND’S headline inflation rate in August rose slightly from the previous month to a 14-year high, in line with forecast and reinforcing expectations of a further interest rate hike later this month. The headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.86 per cent in August from a year earlier, driven by energy prices and last year’s […]
Read MoreCOMPANIES in Indonesia are expected to report the most earnings growth among its Asia Pacific (Apac) emerging market (EM) county peers due to the country’s large proportion of commodity producers that are benefiting from high spot prices this year. According to a recent report by Moody’s Investors Service, Indonesia will post the highest earnings growth […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S retail sales grew 13.7 per cent year on year in July, extending the 14.9 per cent increase seen in the month before. On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, retail sales were also up by 0.6 per cent, said the Department of Statistics (Singstat) on Monday (Sep 5). Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales expanded by […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s rising inflation, which surged to its highest in more than a year in July, is unlikely to hinder the country’s third quarter (3Q) gross domestic product (GDP) performance for 2022. Malaysia University of Science and Technology professor Geoffrey Williams said he expects subsidies and price controls to continue for the rest of […]
Read MoreMany Japanese businesses believe that Vietnam needs to get rid of the image of an assembly and outsourcing country by creating new technology industries to help solve society’s challenges. At a recent seminar held by Mitsubishi Research Institute on business initiatives towards the future society in Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of the […]
Read MoreDespite slower economic growth in neighbouring countries and zero-Covid measures in China, Thailand’s cross-border trade is still expected to grow by at least 5% this year to 1.80 trillion baht, driven by greater demand for gasoline, edible oil, tyres and auto parts. Pitak Udomwichaiwat, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the department remains bullish on […]
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