Despite being on the same street as three convenience stores, the grocery store owned by Nguyen Ngoc Dung on Yen The Street in HCM City’s Tan Binh District is always crowded, especially during peak hours. Tran Hanh Huong, who lives nearby, says she buys most items her family needs everyday like soap, cooking oil, instant […]
Read MoreHEADLINE inflation returned to positive territory in the new year, with all-items consumer prices in Singapore rising 0.2 per cent year on year as car costs and rentals went up. The increase in prices, which was in line with private economists’ estimates in a Bloomberg poll, was the first reading above zero since last February. […]
Read MoreFrom early next month, the special tariffs on imported family vehicles will be reduced by 10 to 25 percent according to engine size, according to an announcement from the General Department of Custom and Excise. The rate for imported electric family and passenger cars will be reduced from 30 percent to 10 percent and the […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – A low-interest rate environment in long term could make capital available for other investment channels, so banks are under pressure to readjust their savings mobilization rates to better attract idle capital. A recovery in production and business activities could lead to higher demand for credit, in turn prompting banks to gradually raise their […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks in Southeast Asia are threatening to delay recoveries and could slash the projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth of the Philippines to 7.1 percent instead of 9.6 percent this year, according to S&P Global Ratings. In a report, the debt watcher said the major emerging markets in the region […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is expected to return to positive growth this year, along with other economies globally on the sustained progress in the vaccine rollouts that will boost consumption worldwide, the World Bank Group said. Its Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice lead economist, Richard Record, said the group expects the vaccine deployment can […]
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