MANILA, Philippines — Inflation in Asia Pacific, including the Philippines, will begin to taper off by the second half of the year as supply side disruptions are slowly addressed. In its latest research brief, London-based Oxford Economics said inflationary pressures would turn modest beyond the second quarter amid government efforts to manage prices and an […]
Read MoreE-commerce giants Lazada and Shopee are locked in a fierce battle to stimulate online shopping demand and attract new buyers embarking on the platforms amid an economic stalemate while the season of festive sales is just around the corner. Thailand’s e-commerce surged 81% year-on-year to 294 billion baht in 2020, according to a report commissioned […]
Read MoreA survey published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which gauged COVID-19’s effects on household cash revealed that 35 percent of Cambodian participants suffered a 26 to 50 percent decrease in their income, affecting their spending power. The survey was conducted from May to July last year and used phone interviews to query residents of […]
Read MoreWITH vaccines on the horizon and the first green shoots of economic recovery already starting to show across Asia, Indonesia’s future is looking brighter than it has for months, but if we must be proactive if we are to make the most of the opportunities that are appearing to return to sustainable growth. Indonesia has […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Monetary authorities are likely to maintain interest rates at record lows as the economy has yet to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno. In his weekly online press briefing, Diokno said the withdrawal of liquidity-enhancing policy measures is unlikely this […]
Read MoreCambodia and Thailand agreed to reopen three regional border checkpoints in Battambang province on March 23 to facilitate trade. Battambang Provincial Administration deputy governor Soeum Bunrith told The Post the following day that goods began to flow across the checkpoints on the same day of the agreement. He identified the crossings as O’Anlok in Kamrieng […]
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