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  3. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (Page 106)

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

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Typhoon Karding farm damage to jack up rice, vegetable prices: Department of Agriculture

Karding has wiped out P2.02 billion worth of agricultural produce, with the rice sector accounting for nearly 82 per cent of the recorded damage.

  • Published: September 30, 202210:51 am
  • Author Jordeene B. Lagare, Nestor Corrales
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Indonesia’s 2023 Budget Law aims for 2.8% shortfall to escape commodity-prices trap

With a much lower deficit target, the government is also set to cut debt issuance to Rp 696.3 trillion, which is a 26 per cent drop from this year’s revised Rp 943.7 trillion.

  • Published: September 30, 202210:50 am
  • Author Vincent Fabian Thomas
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Employees of Bangladesh’s 1st solar plant without salaries for 4 months

Seven people have already left the job for not getting salary in time, with only 18 staffers remaining at their positions.

  • Published: September 29, 20224:21 pm
  • Author The Daily Star
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Japan’s beer drinkers squirrel away suds in anticipation of price hikes

The unseasonal rise in demand for beer is happening because the prices of a wide range of foods and drinks will increase starting in October.

  • Published: September 29, 20227:30 am
  • Author Ryutaro Fujii
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World Bank lowers 2023 growth target for Malaysia

The World Bank also announced it had upgraded its forecast for Malaysia’s economic growth for this year to 6.4 per cent from an earlier 5.5 per cent.

  • Published: September 28, 20225:10 pm
  • Author Yvonne Tan
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Political goals control Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund

Since its foundation in February 2021, the fund has dealt with a wide range of projects, from toll roads and airports to tech companies.

  • Published: September 28, 20229:47 am
  • Author Vincent Fabian Thomas
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Fuel price hike and domestic consumer spending patterns

Though quite resilient, spending levels in the third quarter of 2022 have continued to be restrained amid rising inflation.

  • Published: September 28, 20229:23 am
  • Author Andry Asmoro and Teguh Yudo
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Beijing OKs tax breaks, defers govt-levied charges

Localities will also be encouraged to postpone the collection of subnational, government-levied charges on enterprises.

  • Published: September 28, 20229:22 am
  • Author Wang Keju
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Pound’s record drop hits money changers in S’pore, sparks interest in travel to UK

Those likely to benefit from the drop would be Singaporeans looking to invest in the property sector in Britain or to travel there, said an economist.

  • Published: September 27, 20229:42 am
  • Author Rosalind Ang
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S’pore’s Indian eateries hurt by India’s wheat ban may raise prices of dishes soon

India, the world's second-biggest producer of wheat, stopped exporting the grain and its flour in May in an attempt to put a cap on skyrocketing domestic prices.

  • Published: September 27, 20229:37 am
  • Author Gabrielle Chan

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