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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is not worried about the current weakness of the peso, adding it is ready to step in to tame any sharp depreciation of the local currency. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno
Thailand risks fueling its decade-high unemployment rate and household debt with the imposition of lockdown-like measures to contain the deadliest Covid outbreak to hit the nation. The greater Bangkok area, accounting for about 50% of
Malaysia will lower its economic growth outlook for 2021 due to movement restrictions against Covid, the country’s finance minister said, signaling the government may forecast expansion around 4%. While there’s optimism that the current surge
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Philippines’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ and revised the Outlook to Negative from Stable. The revision of the Philippines’ Outlook to Negative reflects increasing risks to the credit
A lockdown may be considered to curb the spread of Covid-19 if new cases continue to surge, National Security Council secretary-general Natthapol Nakpanich said. Gen Natthapol Nakpanich, head of the CCSA’s operation centre, said the
