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Govt’s struggle to deploy fiscal spending weighs on outlook
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/09/2020
» Fiscal policy is back in focus in Thailand as the central bank runs out of conventional monetary policy space to spur the economy.
SE Asia’s virus hotspot risks losing in vaccine race
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/08/2020
» The Philippines is trying to secure access to a vaccine in development against Covid-19 as it battles the worst outbreak in Southeast Asia.
Government Pension Fund buys foreign stocks to boost returns
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/08/2020
» Thailand’s Government Pension Fund plans to boost its overseas investments, especially in the tech sector, as domestic equities offer limited options for the 1 trillion baht asset manager.
Thailand touted as medical marijuana tourist destination
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/08/2020
» Thailand’s ailing economy, particularly its tourism and agriculture sectors, is poised to get a boost from new rules that ease the private cultivation and sale of medical marijuana.
Thailand’s economic outlook ‘worst in Asia’: analysts
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2020
» Thailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of Covid-19. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia.
China hones new plan to overtake the US in tech
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/05/2020
» Beijing is accelerating its bid for global leadership in key technologies, planning to pump more than a trillion dollars into the economy through the rollout of everything from wireless networks to artificial intelligence.
India reopens economy but millions of workers stay home
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2020
» When Bharat Gite reopened his aluminium parts factories in India’s western city of Pune, he spent days servicing idle machines, sanitising his premises and putting in place social distancing norms for staff.
Singapore outlines criteria for gradual reopening as cases ease
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/05/2020
» Singapore’s battle with the Covid-19 pandemic has not yet reached the half-way point, according to a key government minister, even as the country mulls how to lift its partial lockdown measures.
Singapore cases rise again; Europe’s economy reels: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/04/2020
» Singapore reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases again, while China reported no deaths for an eighth straight day. US President Donald Trump said he disagreed with the Georgia governor’s decision to begin relaxing social-distancing measures this week, a marked shift in tone.
Vaccines in development hit 70, deaths top 114,000: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/04/2020
» Seventy coronavirus vaccines are in development globally, with three already being tested in human trials, the World Health Organization said. The northeastern Chinese city of Harbin tightened rules to curb the spread of the virus.