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April 5, 2021

Indonesian govt accords priority to MSME recovery for bolstering economic growth

The Indonesian government has focused on the recovery of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) that significantly contributed to driving national economic growth, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto has stated. Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian government has focused on the recovery of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) that significantly contributed to driving national economic growth, Coordinating Economic […]

April 5, 2021

IMF offers economic outlook on Cambodia

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a report using macroeconomic frameworks to analyse the economic shock that COVID-19 has had on two countries: Cambodia and Colombia. The IMF team built a simulation model based on the Cambodian economy to project the short and medium-term impacts of the pandemic. Three assumptions were used to carry out […]

April 5, 2021

Malaysia – RAM survey: Business confidence improving, but more can be done

PETALING JAYA: The results of RAM’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) survey for the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, which was concluded in mid-March, reveal that businesses remain pessimistic through the next three months. Having polled 229 firms across Malaysia, about 93% of which are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro enterprises, the overall BCI […]

April 5, 2021

Philippines: Economic outlook turns from bad to worse

MANILA, Philippines — The recent spike in COVID-19 cases just made it more uncertain for the country to rebound from the pandemic when the rest of the world is slowly getting back on its feet, a global think tank said. In its latest chart book, London-based Capital Economics said the situation in the Philippines, which […]

April 5, 2021

Vietnam: Prime Minister approves establishment of Ha Tien border-gate economic zone

Authorities in the southern province of Kien Giang are calling for more investment projects in terms of trade, tourism, services, and technical infrastructure. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the establishment of the Ha Tien border-gate economic zone (EZ) in the southern province of Kien Giang. The EZ, the only of its kind in […]

April 5, 2021

Singapore: MAS not expected to intervene given benign inflation forecasts

More than a year has passed since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. While we are now more optimistic that better days are ahead, the fight is not yet over. Much more needs to go right for us to be sure that we are entering the final stage of the battle to beat Covid-19. Traditionally, […]

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