Brunei Darussalam is among the countries with the highest score in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Consumer Empowerment Index (ACEI). A key initiative of the ASEAN Strategic Plan on Consumer Protection 2016 to 2025, the ACEI 2020 report aims to gauge the level of awareness and knowledge of consumers in terms of their […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam is the only ASEAN member country to post an increase of car sales from January to November last year. The nation’s car sales rose 14.2 per cent to 12,505 from 10,949 units in the same period in 2019, according to the Asean Automotive Federation (AAF). No figures were available for December last year. […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam is the third highest ranked country in Southeast Asia in the digital inclusiveness index, scoring high for affordability, accessibility, ability and attitude, according to global consultancy Roland Berger’s Digital Inclusion Index 2020. Singapore took the top spot, while the second-highest ranked country on the index was Malaysia (21st), followed by Brunei and Thailand […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam’s total trade was valued at BND1,263.4 million in October 2020, a decrease of 39.5 per cent from BND2,087.1 million during the same month in the previous year. Meanwhile, for month-to-month changes, total trade for November 2020 decreased by 14.1 per cent compared to October 2020, according to a press release. Total exports decreased […]
Read MoreBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The Brunei economy is projected to expand 2.8 percent in 2021, led by downstream exports and the manufacturing sector, according to the think tank Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS). On the back of an estimated 0.7 percent growth in 2020, the Brunei economy is expected to improve in 2021 […]
Read MoreAutoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) acts as a central bank of Brunei Darussalam with the responsibility of formulating and implementing monetary policy, advising the government on monetary arrangements, and supervising banks and other financial institutions. AMBD was established on January 1, 2011 as a statutory body, as stipulated in the AMBD Order, 2011. A monetary […]
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