Inflation to touch 0.18% in April, Central Bank forecasts Indonesia’s Central Bank (BI) has forecast that Indonesia’s inflation rate would rise to 0.18 percent, mark-to-market (MTM), in April, 2020 compared to the previous month. — […]
Singapore factory output rebounds 16.5% in March due to surge in pharmaceuticals SINGAPORE’S factory output for March rebounded with a 16.5 per cent year-on-year jump on the back of a surge in biomedical manufacturing amid […]
Indonesia Bans Public Transports Starting on First Day of Ramadan The Indonesian government bans its citizens in areas severely affected by the coronavirus outbreak from leaving for other cities and limits travels in other areas […]
Singapore headline inflation falls to zero in March SINGAPORE’S headline inflation was flat in March, narrowly avoiding the negative turn that the core inflation gauge had taken just the month before. — The Business Times […]
4 more weeks of social restrictions for Jakarta as Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases near 7,500 Jakarta’s administration will extend wide-scale social restrictions by four weeks as the number of Indonesia’s COVID-19 cases approached 7,500 on Wednesday […]
COVID-19 infections in Singapore top 10,000, with 1,016 new cases; 12th person dies The number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore has crossed the 10,000 mark, with 1,016 new cases reported as of noon on Wednesday […]
Jokowi Imposes National Ban on `Mudik` After much criticism, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has finally decided to impose a national ban on mudik or homecoming ahead of the coming Lebaran, or Eid al-Fitr Day, in […]
Singapore to extend circuit breaker by 4 weeks to June 1: PM Lee SINGAPORE’S circuit breaker will be extended by another four weeks to June 1, with tighter measures to be in place from now […]
Fitch Solutions slashes Indonesia’s economic growth projection due to pandemic Fitch Solutions has downgraded Indonesia’s economic growth projection to 2.8 percent, down from its initial projection of 4.2 percent, as consumption and investment growth are […]
MOH preliminarily confirms daily toll of 1,426 COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 8,014 The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Mon (20 Apr) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 1,426 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore as […]
Indonesia Sees Rp 76t Deficit in Q1 Budget as Coronavirus Impact Begins to Hit The Indonesian state budget saw a deficit of Rp 76.4 trillion, around $4.9 billion or 0.45 percent of the GDP, in […]
Singapore overtakes Indonesia and Philippines with most Covid-19 cases in Asean Singapore overtook Indonesia in coronavirus infections and now has the most cases in South-East Asia after the city-state detected hundreds more victims among low-wage […]