inflation

Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...

Faced with a debt crisis and various other economic problems, Laos saw its inflation jumping to 30.1 per cent year-on-year in August from 25.6...

Thailand’s households are struggling with the highest level of debt in 16 years, according to a new survey by the University of the Thai...

In Singapore, hawker centers are one segment of the service economy directly affected by the city-state’s rising inflation. The famed low-cost eateries were forced to...

Inflation in Laos increased to 25.6 per cent year-on-year in July from 23.6 per cent in June, according to the latest report from the...

The significant raise of Malaysia’s minimum wage by May 1 predictably does not find favour among businesses in the private sector, but some economists...

Ownership of digital assets including cryptocurrencies in Indonesia is among the highest globally as many investors in the country look at those assets as...

The Thai government is close to approving a potentially sharp rise in the daily minimum wage from a rate between 313 baht ($9.37) and...

Inflation in Southeast Asian economies is expected to hit its highest level in ten years in 2022, setting the stage for the start of...

Mandalay street market © Arno Maierbrugger The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed concern about the Myanmar economy...

The Philippine economy grew 6.2 per cent in 2018, missing the government’s growth target as price increases slowed consumer spending as well as business...

Thailand’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2011, joining peers in the region in tightening monetary policy this...

Filipinos are increasingly forced to tighten their belts in the wake of a continued high inflation rate which reached 6.4 per cent in August...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who previously had confessed his inadequacy on economic issues, is seeking help from people more fit in the subject. The...

Economic growth in the Philippines slowed to six per cent during the second quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on August...

Despite sticking to its investment grade and stable outlook on the Philippines, US-based rating agency Fitch said the country’s economy was in danger of...

Another warning has been aired that the Philippine economy, one of the fastest-growing in Asia, is in risk of overheating – just shortly after...

All businesses and factories in Laos are required to increase the minimum wage from 900,000 kip (some $108) to 1.1 million kip ($133) a...