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Singapore SME business sentiment on the rise: survey

BUSINESS sentiment among Singapore SMEs (small and medium enterprises) has risen, at least according to this year’s Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SCCCI) annual business survey. This finding comes in spite of tough conditions for SMEs here such as global political risks, higher business costs and a tighter labour market. At the SCCCI’s […]

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Indonesia: BI Positively Welcomes Economic Assumptions for 2018

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo positively welcomed the inflation assumption set at 3.5 percent in the 2018 State Budget Draft (RAPBN). Agus said that the assumption reflects the government and BI’s commitment to realizing low and stable inflation rate. “I also think that the other assumptions are good and will lead to a healthy posture,” […]

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Philippine economy grows 6.5% in Q2 2017

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:35 a.m.) — The Philippine economy recorded a 6.5-percent growth in the second quarter of 2017, the government announced Thursday. The Philippines’ gross domestic product is lower than the 7.1-percent growth in the same period last year but slightly higher than the 6.4-percent growth in the first quarter of 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority […]

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Laos: Govt struggles to address budget deficit

The government has cleared a plan to lower its budget deficit for 2018 but it still requires more funds to repay domestic and overseas loans. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr Somdy Duangdy, presented the government’s plan to address the deficit at the first joint meeting between the National Assembly’s Eighth Legislature […]

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