TOURISTS and foreigners residing in Singapore accounted for about half of net Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in 2018 and 2019, said Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State for Finance in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 8). Meanwhile, the top 20 per cent of resident households accounted for close to 20 per cent. Chee […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Local factories crumbled under the weight of inflation in September as production slowed down amid rising input prices. Results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s monthly survey of selected industries revealed the volume of production index (VoPI), a measure of manufacturing output, rose 2.4% year-on-year in September, lower compared to the 4.4% expansion recorded […]
Read MoreThai inflation in November and December is expected to decelerate further, following a decrease in the prices of several essential consumer goods and stable prices of some items despite higher costs. The deceleration was helped by government measures to tackle the cost of living and an easing in the flooding situation that has led to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s manufacturing sales value in September 2022 grew 19.5 per cent to RM161.7 billion from RM135.3 billion in the same month last year. In a statement today, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said the better performance in the month was driven by the subsectors of electrical and electronics (E&E), petroleum, chemicals, rubber […]
Read MorePrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Cambodia from November 8-9 and his attendance at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related Summits from November 10-13 are expected to help boost bilateral trade cooperation which has reported positive growth over the recent past. Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Cambodia […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia’s open unemployment rate (TPT) fell to 5.86 percent in August 2022 from 6.49 percent in August 2021, head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Margo Yuwono, said on Monday. “The employment condition is getting better, in line with the economy recovery,” he said at a press conference on the economic growth in the third quarter of 2022. According […]
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