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Brunei: CPI up 0.2pc month-on-month

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.2 per cent in September, 2022, as compared to August, 2022. This was driven by the increase in food and non-alcoholic beverage index (0.1 per cent), and non-food index (0.2). As compared to September 2021, the CPI had increased by 4.3 per cent. The rise in the CPI […]

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Philippines: Unemployment rate down in September, but job quality worsens as inflation stings

MANILA, Philippines — The jobless rate declined in September despite firms and businesses contending with piping hot inflation that suppressed the public’s purchasing power. A survey of 10,959 families nationwide showed there were 2.5 million Filipinos who were either unemployed or out of business in September, lower than the 2.68 million jobless people in August, […]

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Chinese-invested economic zone integrating Cambodia’s Sihanoukville into regional, global supply chains: official

The Chinese-invested Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) in Cambodia has been transforming the southwestern coastal province of Preah Sihanouk into a link in the regional and global supply chains, a local official said on Monday. Long Dimanche, the province’s deputy governor, said the SSEZ is the biggest industrial zone in terms of size in the […]

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Malaysia’s IPI grows 10.8% in September

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s industrial production index (IPI) expanded 10.8 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in September 2022 compared with a growth of 13.5 per cent y-o-y in August 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a statement today, the department said the sectors that contributed to September’s increase was mining (+15.0 per cent), manufacturing […]

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