SINGAPORE – Singapore’s manufacturing output in July contracted for the third consecutive month, but beat analysts’ forecasts by a mile with a decline of just 0.4 per cent over July last year. Analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected a 5.8 per cent slump. The sector’s performance last month also improved markedly from the 8.1 per […]
Read MoreThe baht continues to be strong while the escalating trade war and violent protests in Hong Kong cause Asian stock markets to slide. The Hang Seng Index shed more than 3 per cent at some point this morning (August 26) as investors worried about a new round of trade tensions between the. United States and […]
Read MoreGovernments must play an active role in reskilling and up-skilling Asean’s labour force to prepare for the impact of digital disruption on the labour market, experts are urging. A key challenge from the digital disruption is the need to re-skill and up-skill human capital, starting from the government sector, said Christian Viegelahn, a labour economist […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar kyat could weaken in the coming quarters as a result of renewed trade tensions between the US and China and resistance against pressure to slash interest rates by the Federal Reserve. According to forecasts released by Fitch Solutions Macro Research this month, the kyat is expected to weaken to K1600 per US dollar […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for the industrial sector in Southeast Asia and JLL expects that the trend will continue in the second half of 2019 and interest from foreign investors in Vietnam will remain strong. The rise of FDI in Vietnam, driven by new free trade agreements and the […]
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) is warning over a new form of investing scam, in which victims are lured into investing with websites claimed to be legal digital currency traders operating overseas. Pol Lt Co Woranan Silam, a spokesman for the Department of Special Investigation, on Saturday relayed the SEC’s warning to the public, saying […]
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