Global Times – Asean remains China’s largest trade partner, accounting for 14.6 percent of China’s total foreign trade in the first four months of 2022, with the EU and the US ranking second and third, according to the latest customs statistics on Monday. China-Asean trade totalled 1.84 trillion yuan ($274.5 billion) from January to April, up […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) has no plans to remove the excise taxes on petroleum products, even as inflation soared to a 40-month high in April. DOF chief economist Gil Beltran said yesterday pump prices would continue to go up as long as the international market faces supply pressure due to geopolitical […]
Read MoreThe National Assembly of Laos has passed a resolution to reduce the excise tax on fuels in order to attempt to avert a fuel crisis in the country. According to the Resolution, dated today, measures to stabilize the fuel price will include a reduction of excise tax collected from the sale of fuels. Excise tax on […]
Read MoreThe Oil Fuel Fund is expected to finish negotiations with banks this month as it looks to borrow heavily to boost its liquidity, says the Finance Ministry’s deputy permanent secretary Theeraj Athanavanich. Mr Theeraj said the fund is in talks with several commercial banks, including the state-run Government Savings Bank and Krungthai Bank, with regards […]
Read MoreBased on data about phones, electricity and shopping usage, AI can be used to give credit ratings to people. With such an application, about 1 billion people can have an opportunity to access bank capital. Solution for millions of ‘financially invisible people’ Nguyen Trang, who has an an online business in Hanoi, needs capital to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Economists now expect inflation to peak to as high as 5.7 percent in June amid soaring global oil prices and elevated food prices, prompting monetary authorities to reverse to a tightening mode via a series of rate hikes. Ruben Carlo Asuncion, chief economist at Union Bank of the Philippines, said inflation is […]
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