The development of wholesale and retail infrastructure in Vietnam has faced its fair share of rocky moments, but the industry’s growing role in consumption has put it at the forefront of the…
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Commercial outlets and shops with fake promotional offers and discounts are proliferating in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, as unscrupulous traders try to exploit the holy month of…
As the economy picks up amid global and domestic uncertainty, the World Bank has urged the government to address emerging risks that could impact business sentiment and weaken future performance…
Norway’s central bank, Norges Bank, is considering developing its own digital currency as a supplement to cash to “ensure confidence in money and the monetary system”, according to a working…
The constant widening of opening up in China's manufacturing sector will not only help domestic industrial upgrading but benefit all foreign companies, industry experts say.
Goldman Sachs warns that investors are starting to cool on commodities and could miss out on further gains for the year’s best-performing asset class.
Over a third of Singapore businesses said they were hit by fraud in the last two years as threats increased and detection methods improved.
According to a global survey conducted by PwC…
The economy may be chugging along, but many Americans are still struggling to afford a basic middle class life.
The European Commission has published the results of its Digital Economy and Society Index 2018, which measures the progress of member states towards the Digital Single Market.
Japan’s core consumer price growth slowed in April for a second straight month, showing little of the inflationary momentum needed to reach the central bank’s elusive 2% target.
The…
Generations of poor people in developing countries are trapped in a cycle of poverty determined by their circumstance at birth and unable to ascend the economic ladder due to inequality of…
Gold prices dipped on Friday, weighed down by a firmer dollar, but some traders said signs pointed to a rebound. Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,286.56 per ounce, after hitting its lowest since…
Farmers worldwide are feeling the pinch as fuel costs rise to near four-year highs just as they plant and harvest their fields, eroding agricultural income already hamstrung by depressed crop…
Temporary employment in France rose by 8.2% year-over-year in the first quarter, adding 56,800 jobs for a total of 745,900, according to a report this week from the French National Institute of…
The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will expand by more than 3% this year and next year—but it warns that increasing risks could trigger “a shock to investment and trade”…
The economic damage from cyberattacks on companies in Singapore last year amounted to $17.7 billion, with much of that loss caused by the impact on the wider ecosystem and leading to decreased…
The International Monetary Fund will move quickly to agree on a loan program to support Argentina but there are no details yet on what it will entail, a fund spokesman said on Thursday.
Emerging market currencies were licking their wounds on Friday after another brutal week that saw higher US Treasury yields and a stronger dollar taking their toll, with hotspots Argentina and…
The Philippine economy has built “buffers” against global risks, with high foreign exchange reserves and low public debt levels, an analyst said Friday.
The country, however is “not…
With a euroskeptic government coalition likely to take over the reins in Italy, fears are mounting that the problems in the eurozone's third-largest economy will only get worse. Financial…
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Europe will defend its interests if the US prioritizes its own over others. He also accused Washington of wanting to block a Russia-Germany pipeline…
China denied on Friday that it had offered a package to slash the US trade deficit by up to $200 billion, hours after it dropped an anti-dumping probe into US sorghum imports in a conciliatory…
In April 2018, the annual rate of inflation in Malta as measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices was registered at a rate of 1.4%, up from 1.3% in March 2018, MNA reported.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said governments must step up efforts to integrate the eurozone because the European Central Bank’s expansive monetary policy won’t last forever.
Bangladesh trade deficit has surpassed a record $13 billion in the first nine months of this fiscal year, due to higher imports. The figure is almost double compared to the same period a year…
