SINGAPORE: Singapore raised its economic growth forecast for this year and sees global growth underpinning that momentum into 2018, with some moderation. Gross domestic product rose 5.2% from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than three years, versus a median estimate of 5%. Compared to the previous quarter, GDP rose a seasonally adjusted […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities in Vietnam has become an attractive investment channel for enterprises planning to expand business activities, as well as looking for new way of doing business. Recently, the scale of M&A activities has become bigger with positive impact from the global integration process. According to the Director of Vietnam […]
Read MoreExports rose for an eighth straight month in October, bringing the total for the first 10 months to a slightly higher level than expected and raising hopes that full-year growth could approach 10%, says the Commerce Ministry. Exports totalled US$20.1 billion (657.97 billion baht) in October, up 13.1% year-on-year, while the 10-month figure reached $195.5 […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The government target economic growth of 6.7% for 2017 has been a hot debate recently, as the end of 2017 is approaching. For the first 10 months of 2017, thanks to increasing in export, industrial output, high number of tourists coming to Vietnam, strong growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) and positive signs […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The government incurred a fiscal deficit of P234.9 billion in the first 10 months, widening by nine percent from the P216 billion shortfall recorded in the same period last year amid the Duterte administration’s efforts to ramp up public spending, the Bureau of the Treasury reported yesterday. For October alone, the government’s […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani expects Indonesia’s upcoming political year will not negatively affect the country’s economy. Indonesia is set to hold the simultaneous regional elections in 2018 and the presidential election in 2019. Next year, according to Sri Mulyani, Indonesia will hold 171 regional elections, “Those regions are considered to be the engine for the country’s […]
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