Economy

MAS keeps policy stance unchanged

The central bank's stance has remained the same for a year now.

MAS keeps policy stance unchanged

The central bank's stance has remained the same for a year now.

50 years of ASEAN and 5 years of Facebook show the expansion path out of Singapore

ASEAN celebrated its 50th anniversary with a grand parade in the Philippines which represented the different cultures of its 10-member states on...

Singapore economy grew faster in Q2, up 2.9%

This is compared to the 2.5% growth in Q1.

Chemicals sector topped Asia's July manufacturing growth at 54.7

The fields of construction and machinery got dragged into contraction.

Indonesian GDP growth still at 5%

Its communications business field improved the most at 10.9%.

Malaysian foreign reserves rise to US$99.4b

This has been the highest amount in two years.

China's outbound investments may reach $1.5t in 10 years

Some of its recent policies focus on outbound investment.

Is Singapore's labour market bottoming out?

Unemployment rate inched lower to 3.1%.

Japan's GDP dips 0.1% in June

Blame weak demand from overseas.

Malaysian money supply growth eases to 4.3%

Its central bank's net short forex positions dropped for two months.

South Korea's PMI falls to 49.1 in July

Blame the low new orders and export sales.

Has the manufacturing sector already reached its peak?

After PMI inched up, economists believe upsides will now be limited.

4 in 5 employees think long-term jobs are extinct

Organisations were urged to worry about their employer brands.