04/12/2020
Measures taken to counter the coronavirus have disrupted supply chains across South Asia, which has recorded more than 13,000 cases so far - still lower than many parts of the world.
04/12/2020
The record lending was due to various government stimulus policies in the first quarter which helped maintain liquidity in a “reasonable and abundant state”, Ruan Jianhong, head of PBOC’s statistics department, told reporters at a briefi
04/09/2020
About 5%, or more than $80 billion, of Asian private banking assets outside mainland China is probably tied to such notes, estimates University of Hong Kong Professor Dragon Tang.
04/08/2020
The new measures announced on April 6 by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat include increased wage subsidies for all companies, rent waivers, waiver of levies on foreign workers, and a S$600 cash payout for each adult Singaporeans.
04/06/2020
Although developing economies in Asia will suffer a sharp 2020 slowdown, 2021 growth is expected to reaccelerate to 6.2 percent, led by East Asia’s 6.5 percent.