Brunei Darussalam’s total trade in June 2019 decreased by 0.8 per cent to BND1,229.8 million compared to June 2018. Total exports decreased by 9.0 per cent year-on-year to BND634.4 million. The decrease was mainly due to the fall in the exports of Crude Oil by 7.9 per cent and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 22.5 […]
Read MoreThe unemployment rate in 2018 decreased to 8.7 per cent from 9.3 per cent in 2017, according to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Ministry of Finance and Economy (MoFE). The department in a report of Summary Findings of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2018, stated that the distribution of employed persons by […]
Read MoreAccording to data compiled by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the average person in Brunei Darussalam clocks in 47 hours in an average working week – the same as in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Brunei is among the countries where people work the most hours in a week. In the Netherlands, the average person works 32 […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam’s total trade in May 2019 increased to BND1,290.7 million compared to BND1,204 million in May 2018, representing an increase of 7.2 per cent year-on-year, according to the International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS). The Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Ministry of Finance and Economy, in a press release, shared that total exports […]
Read MoreThe Consumer Price Index (CPI in June 2019 recorded a decreased by 0.7 per cent year-on-year compared to June 2018, according to a press release from the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Ministry of Finance and Economy. Prices of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages decreased by 0.5 per cent. Non-Food prices also decreased by […]
Read MoreThe Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE) at the Ministry of Finance and Economy through the Department of Competition and Consumer Affairs has recorded a 4.8 per cent increase in the rate of compliance with the Price Control Act for the first six months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. Businesses […]
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