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DBS expects Philippine economy to shrink

MANILA, Philippines — Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd. expects the Philippine economy to slump this year by as deep as four percent  for the first time in more than two decades amid the high number of new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, adding to an already sizeable number of existing cases. In a report, […]

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Vietnam’s economy unexpectedly expands amid pandemic

Vietnam’s economy unexpectedly grew in the second quarter, though at the slowest pace in at least a decade, as exports slumped because of the coronavirus pandemic. Gross domestic product rose 0.36% from a year earlier, compared with a revised 3.68% in the first quarter, the General Statistics Office said Monday in Hanoi. The median estimate […]

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Myanmar commits to IMF funding as pandemic persists

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on June 26 approved a disbursement to Myanmar equivalent to US$118.8 million under its Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and a purchase equivalent to $237.7 million under its Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). This will help meet the country’s balance-of-payments and fiscal needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and support the government’s […]

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