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Malaysia’s trade rises 25.5pct to RM195.54 bil in September

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s trade grew 25.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to RM195.54 billion in September from RM155.85 billion recorded in the same period a year ago, according to the Malaysian External Trade Development Corp (Matrade). In a statement today, the trade promotion agency under the International Trade and Industry Ministry said the stellar performance was the […]

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Singapore’s 2022 growth to be ‘slower but still above-trend’; employment may not reach pre-pandemic levels: MAS

SINGAPORE’S economic growth in 2022 is expected to be slower than in 2021, but still above trend, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in its latest Macroeconomic Review on Thursday (Oct 28). While the MAS did not put a number to “above-trend growth”, private-sector economists generally see Singapore’s pre-Covid trend growth as being somewhere […]

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Thailand: Call for condo reform to lure foreigners

The government has been urged to simplify money transfers and provide more medical staff to support wealthy pensioners if the country wants to boost the economy through foreign property ownership. Atip Bijanonda, vice-chairman of the Board of Trade of Thailand, said money transfer procedures for foreigners buying condos was currently a tremendous obstacle as the […]

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