Transport cost goes up, impacting price of essential goods
A three-day blockade enforced by major opposition parties and protests of garment workers disrupted the supply chain of daily essentials and sent the cost of transport higher,…
Thais urged to spend less as total deposits fall for first time in decade
Deposit Protection Agency president Songpol said the decline was due to rising living costs, which have forced depositors, particularly those on low incomes, to withdraw their…
BOC: PH rice imports unfazed by global shortage
Government data showed Customs collected P16.81 billion from rice tariffs from January to August, up 6 percent year-on-year.
Tensions high ahead of historic Kun Khmer match up
The Wurkz Sena Kun Khmer promotion, which will be held at the Town Arena at Chip Mong 271 Megamall, will see six elite Cambodian fighters take on foreign opponents.
Bangladesh’s sugar import duty halved
Bangladesh is highly dependent on the import of the sweetener, and its price has gone up over the last one year in a ripple effect stemming from international markets and an…
Rice yet again largest driver of inflation in Indonesia
The staple food accounted for 0.58 percentage points of the annual consumer price index growth of 2.56 per cent recorded last month, a figure that marks an increase from the prior…
48% of Filipino families rate themselves ‘poor’: Survey
According to the survey, almost 2 million families consider themselves to be newly poor. It means that they did not see themselves to be poor at least five years ago, but this has…
Pakistan’s inflation clocks in at 26.9% in October
However, some respite came in the form of fuel price cuts and a price-control mechanism announced in October, that caretaker PM Anwaarul Haq Kakar said would limit inflation.
Cooking gas price up by P4.95 per 11-kilo tank
This marks the fourth consecutive month that local oil firms implemented price increases for LPG.
Bangladesh okays import of 19,400-tonne potatoes
The Department of Agricultural Extension began to issue permits for the import a day after the commerce ministry decided to allow imports in an effort to contain prices that went…