With its versatile capabilities and 24/7 accessibility, it comes as no surprise the smartphone has become fully integrated into our everyday lives. In most developed markets, about 90% of adults own a smartphone. This inspired Deloitte to conduct the world’s largest multi-country annual survey of digital behaviour trends, the Global Mobile Consumer Survey. This article […]
Read MoreThe government and Bank Indonesia (BI) will “share the burden” on debt to finance rescue packages for businesses severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official has said. The Finance Ministry’s fiscal policy agency (BKF) head Febrio Kacaribu said that the government was looking for the cheapest financing option to support economic recovery. Therefore, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE experienced a steep decline in real estate investment volume in the first quarter this year, with transactions tumbling 78 per cent year on year (y-o-y) to US$432 million, according to Real Capital Analytics’ (RCA) Asia-Pacific (Apac) Capital Trends report. The steep drop was partly due to the comparison with a record year in 2019, […]
Read MoreGoods transportation at a Battambang checkpoint shared border with Thailand’s Sakeo province has now resumed operations. In the light of COVID-19 the border closed, but it has resumed in the last two weeks with time restriction, according to Battambang provincial governor Nguon Ratanak. Although the border has just reopened, Ratanak said restriction will remain in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is expected to become the world’s largest rice importer until 2021as local production will continue to decline. In the latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service, imports will slightly decline this year but will pick up again next year. Rice imports are seen to fall by […]
Read MoreThe application period for the next chief at the Bank of Thailand is set to open later this month to appoint a successor to Veerathai Santiprabhob, whose tenure is due to end in September. The process requires the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) to form a selection committee for the new central bank head chaired by […]
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