MANILA, Philippines — The reimposition of stricter mobility restrictions in the National Capital Region and adjacent provinces or NCR Plus amid the resurgence of COVID-19 infections is seen dragging the economy in the first half of the year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said during a virtual press briefing […]
Read MoreThe consumer finance market in the year ahead is predicted to struggle making any significant breakthroughs, despite lending interest rates witnessing a downward trend, according to experts. Last year saw the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impact the world’s economy and international trade, with interruptions in the global supply chain causing a slowdown to all […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Business Conditions Index (BCI) increased by 28.8 points year-on-year (y-o-y) to 111.8 points in the first quarter (Q1) ended March 2021, indicating that manufacturers had regained their confidence since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in Q1 2020. The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said the expansionary mode was also partly driven […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Struggling to bring people out of their homes and toward their nearly deserted malls, the Philippines came up with a fix to entice its consumers to go out, dine and shop: place stickers on stores to show they follow health guidelines. For sure, the so-called “safety seal” is far from being a “COVID-19-free seal” […]
Read MoreFour foreign companies have registered trademark protection for Vietnam’s ST25 rice in the U.S., which may choke off Vietnamese food exporters tapping the market later, according to Vu Ba Phu, director of the Trade Promotion Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Pham Minh Thien, general director of the Dong Thap-based Co May Co. […]
Read MoreThe fresh wave of the pandemic is threatening the recovery of Thailand’s media spending this year, possibly reducing projected double-digit growth to flat growth in the worst-case scenario and a 4% increase in the best case, says Media Intelligence (MI), a media planning and creative agency. “In April we witnessed about 50% of customers postponing […]
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