KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being a resilient economy, Malaysia needs to find its growth narrative if it is to continue to move forward, says a leading regional economist. Maybank Kim Eng senior economist Chua Hak Bin said this, adding that there are several low-hanging fruits that the country could capitalise on, two of which are the […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry will put cross-border payments and a standard for QR code payment on the agenda at the upcoming Asean Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) held in Thailand. Creating cross-border payment and adopting a QR code standard across Asean will be proposed by the Finance Ministry at the meeting to allow member countries to push the issues, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng expects the country to grow a further 4.9% this year amid a decline in inflationary pressure while an additional 41,000 quality manufacturing jobs are expected to be created in the next two years. In a statement released on Sunday, he said the January 2019 Consumer Price Index (CPI) […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – UK-based research firm BMI forecasts that healthcare spending will grow to US$22.7 billion in 2021, recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 12.5 percent from 2017 to 2021. The Vietnamese health-care market is forecast to heat up in the coming time when more big investors are showing interest in the sector […]
Read MoreSince late 2018, we have already seen signs of global economic slowdown. Financial markets have been fluctuating. Among the factors are the downshifting of the US economy which led to weakened US dollar. The prolonged US-China trade war has troubled Thai exports for quite sometime. Moreover, there were tensions on the Korean peninsula, conflicts in the Middle […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased 0.7% year-on-year in January to 120.5, underpinned by lower fuel prices in the transport sector. According to Reuters, the decline in Malaysia’s CPI was the first in over a decade. The Department of Statistics Malaysia said that on a month-on-month basis, the index also decreased 0.5% as […]
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