Italy’s small investor push to slacken when ECB rate cuts start
Elisabetta Trevisan, a 50-year-old teacher from Venice, plans to use interest payments from an Italian bond for small savers to…
Category: Economy
BoJ keeps April policy shift on table
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is on track to end negative interest rates in the coming months despite the economy’s…
Enhancing investment opportunities
As the unity government under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim progressively consolidated its power last year, a new series…
Growth in 2023 moderates to 3.7%
Slower global trade, the global tech downcycle, geopolitical tensions and tighter monetary policies globally had weighed on Malaysia’s gross domestic…
New gameplan key to staying relevant
In recent decades, investments have taken a backseat in the Malaysian economy, as the country becomes more consumption-driven.
Singapore tables 2024 budget with small surplus
SINGAPORE: Singapore is budgeting for a "small surplus” of S$0.8 billion (S$1=RM3.55) for the financial year 2024, or 0.1 per cent…
Singapore to expand 2024 spending, enforce global minimum tax
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday announced expanded government spending to help households battle inflationary pressures in the…
Madani govt confident of achieving stronger GDP growth of 4-5% in 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: The MADANI Government is confident of achieving stronger Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of between four and five per cent in…
UK retail sales rise by most in nearly three years – ONS
LONDON: British retail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 3.4% in January from December when they fell by 3.3%, data from…