S’pore private health insurance premiums on the rise as claims and costs tick up
The rise in healthcare inflation was due to the higher costs of health insurance, which rose 2.5 per cent, and hospital services, which increased by 2 per cent.
Indonesia boosts social aid ahead of fuel price hike
The government has already tripled its 2022 energy subsidy allocation to Rp 502 trillion to keep prices of subsidized fuels and some power tariffs unchanged amid rising global…
Bangladesh government doing whatever needed to reduce sufferings: PM Sheikh Hasina
She also reiterated her call to utilise every inch of the land to produce food items.
Philippines working ‘double time’ to boost salt industry
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said the government would have to earmark about P500 million to revitalize the salt industry.
Thailand and Vietnam join hands to push global rice price up
A spokesman said both Thailand and Vietnam believe that the current global rice price is unfair to farmers, as they are suffering from debt and poverty.
Chicken ceiling price stays at RM9.40 per kg
The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister said the government also decided not to float chicken prices in response to feedback from several quarters.
Some seniors bear brunt of inflation as children give them less money
A study found that the share of seniors who received cash allowance from their children dropped from 69 per cent in the two-year period from 2018 to 2019 to 64 per cent in the…
Can Cambodia’s banking sector stay insulated from soaring inflation?
Funding costs for banks and financial institutions in Cambodia are expected to rise in the second half of this year going into 2023.
Over 1.4 million consumers to have free electricity in Himachal Pradesh: Chief minister
The Chief Minister also urged the people of the state to save power as power saved was power generated.
Consumers cut spending as inflation bites household budgets
In July, inflation rose to 4.94 per cent year-on-year, exceeding the Bank Indonesia forecast that the consumer price index would rise between 4.5 and 4.8 per cent.