Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) yesterday published Brunei Darussalam’s Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) for the fourth quarter of 2019. The index is compiled using data sourced from banks in Brunei Darussalam, and is published with close cooperation from the Ministry of Development, in particular the Authority for Building Control and Construction Industry (ABCi). In […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s headline inflation averaged 5.6% year-on-year in the first quarter, but has been gradually decreasing since last December. There is a high chance that Vietnam’s inflation could stay far below the 4%-target in the second half of 2020, thanks to a sharp decline in crude oil prices, stricter control on food prices, and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S retail sales continued their downward slide in February, shrinking 8.6 per cent year on year due to the decline in tourist arrivals and lower domestic consumption as a result of the deepening coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Statistics on Friday. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales fell 10.2 per cent year on year in […]
Read MoreWITH the Covid-19 outbreak, South-east Asia’s gross domestic product growth is expected to slow sharply to just 1 per cent in 2020, before rebounding to 4.7 per cent in 2021, according to an Asian Development Bank report on April 3. This is down from 2019’s full-year growth rate of 4.4 per cent. The report, Asian Development Outlook 2020, forecasts […]
Read MoreMore than 150 companies have applied for the government’s COVID-19 relief programme within the first two days of the loans being made officially available. But just a third of the applications are from Yangon and most from Mandalay, according to the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI). The deadline for […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: RHB Investment Bank Bhd is forecasting a zero per cent growth for the country this year, which is within the range of Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) real gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection. The central bank released a report today giving a weaker growth projection of between -2.0 per cent and 0.5 per […]
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