The Bank of Thailand has delayed implementing a standardised debt-service ratio (DSR) calculation from the final quarter of this year, hoping to help low-income earners access loans from financial institutions amid the sluggish economy. The Bank of Thailand and financial institutions have jointly standardised the DSR calculation in terms of retail borrowers’ debt liabilities and […]
Read MoreMyanmar businesses could lose up to 14 percent of labour productivity due to workplace harassment and 40pc of workers said they have been victims, according to the latest study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In Myanmar, few companies have formed policies on dealing with bullying and sexual harassment at work, it stated. The IFC, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – With manufacturing moving to Vietnam, with more employment getting created there, people having higher disposable income, that starts a trend of consumption story, said executive at US investment firm General Atlantic. The prolonged US – China trade war is reordering the global supply chain and Vietnam could stand to be a winner for […]
Read MoreThe Commerce and the Agriculture and Cooperatives ministries have been told to join forces to spur exports over the remaining months of the year and pinpoint potential new buyers to ride the US-China trade war storm. In a meeting of overseas commercial affairs officials, directors of Thai Trade Centres from 58 offices worldwide and agricultural […]
Read MoreTHE agri-plays on the Singapore bourse have lost some sheen this eventful month, with the chief culprits being operational headwinds – weak commodity prices and Indonesia’s dry spell – and less so the recent move by the European Union (EU) to hit Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, with biodiesel levies. As far as […]
Read MoreINFLATION likely eased further to 2 percent in August from 2.4 percent the month before on the back of reduced prices of rice, fuel and electricity, according to Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank). In a report released on Wednesday, UnionBank chief economist Ruben Carlo Asuncion said consumer price growth this month “is expected to […]
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