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Photo Credit: Central Banking TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Central Bank says Thai economy has bottomed out (2 August 2020) Thailand’s economy appears to have bottomed out but unemployment remains a serious
Photo Credit: International Adviser TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Singapore-China green lane leads to slight increase in passenger numbers at Changi Airport (21 July 2020) The opening of the Singapore-China green lane and
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute, spoke to Astro Awani in his capacity as the Chair of the COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Working Committee of the ASEAN Business
Effective responses toward COVID-19 pandemic require country assessment of needs and priorities while ASEAN needs to strengthen the mechanism for immediate and accurate exchange of information From top: Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Director-General
Photo Credit: Bloomberg TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand to sever link between gold trading and baht to limit currency’s gain (29 July 2020) The Bank of Thailand (BOT) plans to sever
Photo Credit: The Straits Times TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Singapore-China green lane leads to slight increase in passenger numbers at Changi Airport (21 July 2020) The opening of the Singapore-China green lane
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, chairman of CIMB ASEAN Research Institute spoke to Malaysian radio station BFM 89.9 on the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across ASEAN, how the region has responded and
Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 27 July – 2 August 2020 edition. The COVID-19 global pandemic has already had a major impact on the global trading system. Supply chains are being disrupted and trade
Photo Credit: Cao Thang TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM Japan helps companies shift factories to Vietnam (21 July 2020) Fifteen out of more than 80 Japanese enterprises have received support from the