Despite a surprise uptick in December inflation in the Philippines, ANZ and Barclays analysts both maintain that the central bank still has room to ease its monetary policy in Q1 2020. Barclays said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) can cut rates only once in 2020, most likely on Feb 6, due to the risks […]
Read MoreOil prices have spiked by more than 6 percent since the US killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump on January 3. Prices in Asia climbed to almost US$65 a barrel for the first time in four months on Monday amid fears that the US airstrike […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE has lost its top spot in an index which ranks passport power and global mobility. The Republic now sits in second place, offering its passport holders visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations, according to the latest Henley Passport Index released on Tuesday night. Japan remains the world’s most powerful passport for the third […]
Read MoreNearly 200 megawatts (MW)of electricity from Dan Sahong Dam in Laos was linked to Cambodia’s national grid yesterday after the dam finished tests on four electricity generators. The power linking was made between interim transmitters in Laos and transmitters in Cambodia’s Stung Treng province. The official importation is scheduled to be brought in the first […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Consumer prices rose at a faster pace in December 2019, driven by brisk holiday spending and supply constraints caused by recent typhoons, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. In its report, PSA said headline inflation – the rate of change in the average prices of goods and services typically purchased by […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The outlook is decidedly bullish for Vietnam’s residential market in the long term. It is expected that the overall supply in the condominium market in Vietnam will slightly improve thanks to the easing of legal conditions, but the sales price growth will be lower than in 2019, according to Viet Dragon Securities Company […]
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