Abang Johari: Sarawak expects more than RM100bil capital injection in eight years
KUCHING: Sarawak is expected to see more than RM100bil injection of capital into the state’s economy in the next eight years as it moves towards becoming a developed state by 2030. Read full storyContinue Reading
Global survey names KLIA, LGK among world's best airports for Q2 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Langkawi International Airport (LGK) have been listed as among the world’s best airports in the latest Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey for the second quarter of 2022. Read full storyContinue Reading
B8 is too much for a pack of noodles, says commerce minister
Instant noodle manufacturers’ requested two-baht-per-pack price increase is too much, according to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit.Continue Reading
Tencent plans to divest US$24bil Meituan stake – sources
HONG KONG: China’s Tencent Holdings plans to sell all or a bulk of its $24 billion stake in food delivery firm Meituan to placate domestic regulators and monetise an eight-year-old investment, four sources with knowledge of the matter said. Read full storyContinue Reading
Putin: Western countries want to extend NATO-like system to the Asia-Pacific region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Western countries were seeking to extend a “NATO-like system” into the Asia-Pacific region. Read full storyContinue Reading
Oil extends losses as weak demand outlook lingers
OIL prices fell on Tuesday as bleak economic data from top crude buyer China renewed fears of a global recession. Read full storyContinue Reading
Youth admits cheating 7 friends of S$332,000 in investment scam
The youth believed he would be more well-liked by his peers if he showed success at cryptocurrency trading, says his defence lawyer.Continue Reading
Sentosa is first island destination in Asia recognised for championing sustainability
SINGAPORE: Sentosa is the first island destination in Asia to be recognised globally for championing sustainability. In a press statement on Tuesday (Aug 16), Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) said that it has been conferred the Global Sustainable Tourism Council – For Destinations certificate. Sentosa joins 23 other certified sustainable destinationContinue Reading
China’s liquidity trap growing deep and wide
For years, economists debated whether China might go the way of Japan. Though the jury is still out, Beijing is displaying Tokyo-like symptoms in at least one alarming respect: a liquidity trap.
No central bank demonstrates John Maynard Keynes’ warning about getting caught in the monetary mud more than the Bank of Japan. For 20 years now, the BOJ’s wheels have spun faster and faster in a frantic effort to escape deflation.
China doesn’t yet face a lost decade. And Asia’s biggest economy might very well avoid one altogether. But the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) confronts a monetary traction problem just as the economy faces a convergence of headwinds.
With data suggesting a marked economic growth downshift, the PBOC announced a surprise rate cut on August 15. Governor Yi Gang reduced the rate on the PBOC’s one-year loans by 10 basis points to 2.75% and trimmed the seven-day reverse repo rate to 2%.
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Soaring coal prices lift BHP to highest profit in 11 years
BENGALURU: BHP Group Ltd reported bumper profits on Tuesday on the back of gains in prices of coal and other commodities, and declined to rule out a second approach in its spurned $6 billion bid for OZ Minerals. Read full storyContinue Reading