Australia ramps up pre-election spending
Australia plans to unleash a wave of spending, from energy rebates to tax breaks for critical minerals and new warships,…
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Digital tech firms spurred to do business abroad
There are currently over 1,500 Vietnamese digital technology enterprises which are providing services and products to foreign markets, bringing in…
Vietnam allows firms to decide on petrol retail prices
To create a competitive environment among petroleum enterprises and implement price stabilisation under the Price Law, a draft of a…
Beijing vows ‘resolute measures’
China blasted the Biden administration’s move to increase US tariffs on a wide range of Chinese imports, vowing to take…
Two-thirds of workers willing to move overseas
Nearly two in three Singapore workers are willing to relocate for work, with Australia being the most popular destination, a…
Malaysia’s inflation recorded a slower increase of 2.5% in 2023 – DoSM
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation in 2023 recorded a slower increase of 2.5 per cent from 3.3 per cent in 2022 with…
China’s central bank leaves key policy rate unchanged
China’s central bank left a key policy rate unchanged when rolling over maturing medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans yesterday, in…
Apec economies expected to grow at moderate pace – report
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies are expected to continue to grow but at a moderate pace, reflecting uncertainties stemming from…
Growth of 4% forecast for first quarter of 2024
The country’s eyes will be refocusing on fresh gross domestic product (GDP) numbers for the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24),…