[JAKARTA] Indonesia must synchronise monetary and fiscal policies better to tackle economic pressures caused by the pandemic, although the government does not back a proposal for a monetary board to oversee the country’s central bank, a top minister told Reuters. Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the government was seeking to strengthen financial […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Digitalization aims to breathe a new life into a government-led retirement program hampered for years by tax issues and which kicked off to a dismal start in 2016. Assisted by technology, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) targets to attract 5 million people within 5 years to invest in Personal Equity Retirement Accounts […]
Read MoreThe price of Cambodia’s premium fragrant rice export market is promising compared with Thailand and Vietnam’s, according to a rice exporter. Two types of the staple food, Phka Malis and Phka Rumduol 5 percent broken (the best quality) is $900 per tonne for their free-on-board (FOB) price while Thai Jasmine rice is $990 per tonne […]
Read MoreThe Industrial Promotion Department is helping small and medium-sized enterprises level up their business performance under the Big Brothers project, aiming to enable SMEs to cut costs and raise productivity. The department is working with the private sector to help 20 participating SMEs, half from the food sector and the other half from plastics, upgrade […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – As a production hubs of world major tech firms such as Samsung, Vietnam is capable of manufacturing sophisticated products with high technological content, said an expert. Vietnam’s economy could surpass Thailand, Indonesia or the Philippines in coming years, according to C.K. Tong, CEO of BW Industrial Development, a joint venture between the US […]
Read MoreEMPLOYMENT expectations among businesses in Singapore have taken a turn for the worse for the last quarter of this year, while the overall business sentiment remains downbeat. On Tuesday, the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau’s (SCCB) latest quarterly survey of 200 business owners and senior executives showed the indicator for employment expectations declining to -13.19 percentage […]
Read More
Thailand
