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  • 1 week ago | gurutrade.com | Mikhail Flores |Karen Lema |Martin Petty

    MANILA, April 11 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank is taking a cautious approach to policy easing this year to avoid overheating the economy and reigniting inflation, which has been on a downward trend, Governor Eli Remolona told Bloomberg TV on Friday.

  • 2 weeks ago | gurutrade.com | Danial Azhar |Martin Petty

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries are pressing for dialogue with the United States on trade tariffs and will not impose retaliatory measures, economic ministers of the regional bloc ASEAN said on Thursday. Before a 90-day pause was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on the implementation of U.S. tariffs, six of nine Southeast Asian countries targeted by the U.S. administration were slapped with much bigger-than-expected tariffs of between 32% and 49%.

  • 3 weeks ago | newswatchplus.ph | Martin Petty

    (Reuters) - The death toll from a major earthquake last week in Myanmar is at 2,719, the chief of the ruling junta said on Tuesday, with the figure expected to exceed 3,000. In a speech carried on state television, Min Aung Hlaing said also said there were 4,521 people injured and 441 missing after Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake. (Reporting by Zaw Naing Oo; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by John Mair)

  • 1 month ago | gurutrade.com | Fransiska Nangoy |Martin Petty

    JAKARTA, March 25 (Reuters) - Indonesia will join New Development Bank, a multilateral bank developed by BRICS member nations, President Prabowo Subianto said on Tuesday. Joining NDB as a member would help Indonesia accelerate its economic transformation, Prabowo said. The BRICS group also includes Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

  • 1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Stanley Widianto |Fransiska Nangoy |Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman |Martin Petty

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - New sovereign fund Danantara Indonesia unveiled on Monday what it called a "dream team" to chart its strategy, including ex-presidents as well as advisory roles for hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, economist Jeffrey Sachs and former...

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