BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by about 3 per cent this year and about 4 per cent the next, with low chances of aggressive interest rate hikes unless necessary, the central bank governor said on Wednesday (Aug 24). The baht has been volatile but there have been noContinue Reading
No central bank’s 2022 has been turned upside down more abruptly compared to Yi Gang’s People’s Bank of China (PBOC). That’s saying a lot given the particular economic shocks further complicating the year for US Government Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell amid overheating risks. Or Western Central Bank Chief executive Christine Lagarde fighting an euro with 20-year lows. Or even […]
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PATHUM THANI: Public Wellness Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday followed his Malaysian equal Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar on a trip to a Government Pharmaceutic Organization (GPO) marijuana plantation to discuss the particular comprehensive medical use of the plant.Continue Reading
The solicitor-general criticises Scott Morrison for secretly assuming ministries, but states it was legal.Continue Reading
SEOUL – Rocky Korean mountainsides erupt in clouds of dust plus smoke as higher explosives from storage containers, artillery and plane aircraft pound house. Heavily loaded marine corps – complete with reservoirs and armored personnel carriers – strike beaches from getting craft under the include of dense smoke cigarettes screens. And in the darkened underground command bunker, South […]
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The state’s central bank lowered the five-year mortgage rate by 1 . 5 percentage points on Monday.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: LGBT mass media content will carry on and warrant higher age group ratings even as the Singapore Government ways to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Program code, said the Ministry of Communications plus Information (MCI) on Monday (Aug 22). Responding to media questions following Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich)Continue Reading
“T5 will be a place that all Singaporeans can take pride in and enjoy,” said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.Continue Reading
BEIJING: China’s Miniso Group has apologised for promoting itself as a Japanese-style brand and said that it would make changes across its stores to rectify this, becoming the latest retailer to respond to a surge in patriotism among Chinese shoppers. The company, which has more than 5,000 stores in ChinaContinue Reading
TOKYO – As China scrambles to stimulate growth, it’s comforting to see Chinese Premier Li Keqiang internalizing – apparently – the works of Milton Friedman. How so? By recalling the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s edict that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. This week, Li called on local officials in six key provinces to […]
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