ASEAN will become fourth largest economy by 2030, says UOB

The GDP of the 10-member countries is likely to expand to US$8.1 trillion in 2030 from the current US$2.5 trillion.

May 11, 2017

Singapore's private office investment sales grow to 9-year high

According to JLL Singapore, the engine of growth for the private investment market sales was the office sector, whose investment sales took the lion share of 47.5%, worth $2.12b.

May 9, 2017

All eyes on e-commerce, digital economy as Singapore chairs ASEAN

The city-state is also gunning to improve trade facilitation measures to boost internalisation plans, including for small and medium enterprises.

May 9, 2017

Petronas' first floating LNG terminal expected to boost production by 33%

The facility which will commence next month will expand compared to the production of 24.6 MT last year.

May 8, 2017

Malaysia's Q1 trade up by RM430.5 billion, set to meet 5% growth target

For the first quarter of the year, Malaysia's exports increased by 21.4% this year to RM224.7 billion.

May 5, 2017

Philippine can now export to Indonesia at reduced cost, thanks to new shipping route

A new shipping route of the General Santos-Davao City and Bitung North Sulawesi tri-city has been initiated, which will drastically reduce the export cost.

May 1, 2017

Singapore economy expands by 2.5% in Q1 triggered by manufacturing, services industries' growth

However, the numbers indicate a setback as previous quarter's growth was 2.9 per cent.

Apr 13, 2017

China offers concessions to avert trade war with US, says international daily

China is prepared to raise the investment ceiling in the Bilateral Investment treaty.

Apr 10, 2017

Global stocks spooked, safe-haven assets jump as US missiles strike Syria

The US dollar dropped as much as 0.6 percent, while gold and oil prices rallied hard.

Apr 7, 2017

Beyond jobs, car sales to give insight on consumer health

With the market tightening, industry insiders expect more price cuts.

Apr 1, 2017

Solid growth seen for China's manufacturers as construction booms

Home sales rebounded in the first two months of the year with an increase in new starts.

Mar 29, 2017

Asia stocks mixed, dollar slips as Fed continues to weigh

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.1 percent.

Mar 20, 2017

Gold hits one-week high as Fed signals only gradual rate hikes

Spot gold rose 0.5 percent to $1,224.70 per ounce at 0313 GMT after touching $1,225.76.

Mar 16, 2017

Singapore dollar slides across the board as data show dismal outlook

The Singapore dollar has fallen 0.64% against the USD this week, moving off a 4-month high of 1.3975 fetched earlier in the week.

Mar 3, 2017

Singapore's private sector growth indicator slips to 4-month low

The Nikkei PMI came in at 51.4 down from 51.6 in Jan. The Feb SIPMM indicator was also down to 50.9 from 51.0.

Mar 3, 2017