Bank Indonesia (BI) will keep its interest rate unchanged amid rising uncertainties in the global financial market, adopting a monetary policy stance it called “cautious neutral” and “data dependent”. After a two-day board of governors meeting, the central bank maintained its policy rate – the seven-day reverse repo rate – at 6 percent, a level […]
Read MoreTHAILAND is emerging as a fast-growing market for the adoption of digital technology by the country’s organisations and enterprises, a research company says. IDC expects that the performance of Thai organisations and enterprises will be measured by what it calls digital determination over the coming years. Jim Chin, the head of operations at IDC Thailand, […]
Read MoreTHERE has been much debate over recent quarters about whether the Bank of Thailand should increase its policy rate from 1.75 per cent to 2 per cent. Advocates of an increase often cite moderating financial instability and the need to generate wider policy space as underlying reasonings. However, considering both the internal and external economic […]
Read MoreThai telecom operators are likely to continue to face pressure on mobile-service revenues, beset by slowing growth in data revenue. The country’s third-largest operator, Total Access Communication Public Company in particular, will be the most affected due to its large exposure to mobile revenues said Fitch Ratings in a note on Monday. Advanced Info Service […]
Read MoreThailand’s economic growth is expected to slow in 2019 because of rising global trade tensions and domestic political uncertainty, with local business operators suffering from negative momentum from the US-China dispute, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. Mr Somkid plans to meet with officials from the Commerce Ministry this month to revise the export growth target […]
Read MoreThe Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has revealed that 83.94 percent of the population, or 221 million people, are registered under the National Health Insurance and Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program. The state-owned agency’s customer service and expansion director, Andayani Budi Lestari, explained that about 32 million people were registered as employees of private companies. “There are 265,455 companies […]
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