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, […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreTHE number of condominium resale transactions slid 11.6 per cent in October after seeing a slight recovery in September, according to flash figures from SRX and 99.co on Tuesday (Nov 8). Although overall resale prices continued to rise for the 27th straight month in October, the price growth slowed to 0.3 per cent in October, […]
Read MoreKUALA 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 […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s economy expanded faster than expected in the third quarter, giving the central bank room to tighten policy further as consumption stayed resilient despite price pressures and higher borrowing costs. Gross domestic product rose 5.72% in the three months to September from a year ago, the statistics office said Monday. That’s the fastest […]
Read MoreThe head of the Price Statistics Department at the General Statistics Office (GSO), Nguyen Thu Oanh, has rejected rumors that consumer prices have soared 10-20% this year. According to the report, the CPI in the year through October picked up 2.89% over the same period last year on average due to increases in fuel prices. Gasoline prices […]
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