Price hikes will affect 7,152 items, more than 1.5 times the number from the same period this year, with some products such as frozen and wheat-based foods seeing a further…
Amid increasing inflation and stagnating livelihoods, some consumers may not have enough resources to purchase sufficient amounts of food.
Johor Consumers Movement Association chairman Md Salleh Sadijo said Singaporeans have caused inflation that has affected Johoreans, especially those living in and around the city…
Malaysians consume an average of 968 million chicken eggs every month.
The Singapore dollar is set to end the year as Asia’s most resilient currency against an exceptional surge in the United States dollar.
While effectively raising interest rates, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda denied any monetary tightening was being conducted and emphasized the continuation of the easy…
The survey concluded that the nation was mired in a so-called K-shaped recovery, and suggests that there is a trend toward a widening wealth gap.
Annual inflation of 8 per cent in November brought the year-to-date rate at 5.6 per cent, well outside the central bank’s 2 per cent to 4 per cent target for the year.
This comes as a rare triple-dip La Nina is forecast to induce below-freezing temperatures in China, Japan and South Korea over the next few weeks and an Arctic blast has dumped…
The Philippines has been classified as a lower middle-income country ever since the World Bank came up with its classification scheme.