Illicit financial flows in and out of Cambodia starved the Kingdom of at least $360 million in lost taxes annually between 2005 and 2014, according to a new report. The US-based nonprofit Global Financial Integrity (GFI) measured illicit financial flows – the illegal movement of money or capital from one country to another – and […]
Read MoreThe country’s total retail sales and services revenue reached 1,267.9 trillion VND (56.7 billion USD) in the first four months of this year, a year on year increase of 6.7 percent. The growth rate was lower than the growth rate of 7.8 percent in the first four months of 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Domestic manufacturing sustained its growth momentum in April although at a slower pace compared to March, according to the latest reading of the Nikkei Philippines Manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) Domestic factory output registered a PMI reading of 53.3 in April, slightly down from 53.8 in March but nonetheless signaling “another solid […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday evening in their second consecutive day of gains, helped by strong export data and firmer soyoil prices. The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 1.6 percent at 2,548 ringgit ($589.00) a tonne by the end of the trading day. Volumes stood […]
Read MoreA grouping of Thailand’s top industry bodies on Tuesday raised its 2017 export forecast to 2-3.5% from 1-3% on stronger-than-expected first-quarter and improved global demand. Exports, a key factor for the country’s economic growth, rose 4.9% in the January-March period from a year earlier after it climbed slightly in 2016, the first annual increase in […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that inflation figure in April 2017 is a good achievement. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) records inflation of 0.09 percent in April. Inflation of the calendar year was at 1.28 percent and year-on-year inflation was 4.17 percent. Last month, the BPS recorded deflation of 0.02 percent. Sri […]
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