MANILA, Philippines — The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry to implement a suggested retail price for sugar. Emilio Yulo, SRA board member for the planters sector, said the DTI should be on deck in addressing profiteering as sugar prices remain high at retail level despite the decrease at […]
Read MoreTHE government has decided to moderate the total supply of private residential units for the first-half 2019 Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme, citing the significant growth in pipeline supply while demand has started to moderate following the introduction of the July property cooling measures. The Ministry of National Development (MND) said on Thursday morning that the H1 2019 GLS Programme […]
Read MoreInvestors in Southeast Asia are bracing for the potential impact of a recession in the US even as the world’s largest economy nears its longest stretch of growth in history. Mekong Strategic Partners, a Phnom Penh-based investment manager and advisor, says it expects “quite a bit” of a slowdown in the US, which will have […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The success of the business community would bring prosperity for Vietnam in the next decades. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested ministries and government agencies to remove and simplify at least 50% business and investment conditions in 2019. In three consecutive years from 2016 – 2018, the government has issued resolution No.19 on […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may pause from its tightening episode and even start cutting its interest rates next year as a result of the easing of inflationary pressures, according to economists. ANZ Research said the moderation in inflation to below market estimates at six percent in November from a near 10-year high of 6.7 percent […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday due to expectations of rising inventories in Malaysia and a change in Indonesia’s export levy rules. Indonesia relaxed rules on palm oil levies and derivative products effective immediately following a drop in prices, the country’s finance ministry said on Wednesday. It will not collect levies from palm […]
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