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Malaysia: High-debt instead of high-income nation
Malaysia has become the nation with the highest personal debt among 14 Asian economies, according to a new analysis by rating agency Standard &...
Malaysia eyes first rate hike in 3 years
Malaysia's central bank Bank Negara is expected to raise interest rates on July 10 for the first time in more than three years to...
ADB warns Thailand to change politics, address debt
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested that once Thailand has a permanent government in place, it should drop its populist policies as a...
Bank of Thailand concernced about growing private debt
Financial authorities in Thailand are getting increasingly concerned about rising household debts in the nation, a regional evelopment that has already led Singapore and...
Exploding Thai household debts a growing concern
The Bank of Thailand on June 15 issued a warning that escalating household debt in the country was posing a risk to the country's...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...