Fiscal

Singapore just became 50 - a time span that saw the small city state transform from third world to first in record speed. The...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on July 27 delivered his sixth and last State of the Nation Address. Here are the 46 topics he...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addressed parliament for the last time on July 27, racing to secure fragile legacies of peace in the war-torn...

Good news for Thai exporters and for those who want to buy property in Thailand, but bad news for the Thai economy as such:...

Ever wondered why Thailand isn’t simply falling apart in its endless spiral of corruption, military coups, over-challenged governments, volatile economic environment, substandard education and...

The Bank of Thailand is currently negotiating with Malaysia's central banking authorities on a direct exchange of both countries' currencies - the baht and...

Myanmar once again has postponed the launch of the country's new stock exchange, this time to mid-November or early December this year, Xinhua reported. The...

Vietnam's economy grew by 6.28 per cent in the first half of this year, racing along at its fastest pace since 2008, official government...

The surprising results from Greece's referendum on July 5 sent markets into a tailspin after Asian stock exchanges opened today, with US crude suffering...

The easternmost border crossing in Thailand, and at the same time the only point where people can enter Laos by land without having to...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international economic grouping of 34 countries, has urged the Philippines to lift its bank secrecy...

Thailand's 300-baht-per-day ($9) national daily minimum wage will be scrapped next year to be replaced by the old system where wages vary by each...

Malaysia's central bank said on June 3 it had launched a "formal inquiry" into strategic development fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), which is struggling...

Indonesia's rupiah dropped to a 17-year low against the US dollar on June 4, pressured by slowing economic growth and high inflation in Southeast...

The general strength of the US dollar and poorly managed currency control by the Myanmar central bank has led to another plunge of the...

In a rare slowdown of its otherwise over the past years strongly accelerating economy, the Philippine's GDP growth surprisingly fell to a three-year low...

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak last week unveiled a $72 billion plan to revive his country's slowing economic growth amid a collapse in oil...

Malaysia does not have the option of using fiscal instruments to face any future financial crisis, mainly due to its high debt and continuous...