Asean Observer

KUALA LUMPUR — Central banks continue to show strong interest in gold, with roughly the same number of them likely to buy the precious metal this year, said the World Gold Council (WGC).In its 2021 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey, 52 per cent of the …

KUALA LUMPUR — Several more leaders of political parties were granted separate audiences by Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara (national palace) here Thursday.PAS deputy presiden…

KUALA LUMPUR— African countries, especially Senegal, offer immense business opportunities to exporters from various sectors as the continent grapples to meet the rising needs of an emerging economy.As such, it is the right time for Malaysian companies …

A well-aimed kick. A strong shove, body checks, shouting and a fight for dominance.This isn’t a rowdy football (soccer) match. This is the latest session of the Pan African Parliament.The continental body brings together African legislators to impleme…

The World Bank said on Friday it had temporarily paused payments to operations in Mali following a military coup, while the man expected to become the new prime minister warned sanctions would only complicate the country’s crisis.The World Bank’s actio…

KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia’s burgeoning trade performance has been a bright spot among Southeast Asian (SEA) economies, Moody’s Analytics associate economist Sonia Zhu said.She said exports surged 63 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), but the strong growth rat…

KUALA LUMPUR— Businesses are more confident in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 with a better overall confidence indicator of -3.1 per cent against -11.3 per cent recorded in the last quarter, according to the Business Tendency Statistics for Second Qua…

​The BSP projects May 2021 inflation to settle within the range of 4.0 – 4.8 percent. Higher prices of meat and domestic petroleum products along with the…

Information Times (Reporter Liang Haixiang) On May 26, the seminar on “Green Finance, Boosting the Development of the Greater Bay Area under the Background of Carbon Neutrality ” co-sponsored by Bank of China…

Singapore, 28 May 2021… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the appointment of Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Finance, and Mrs Deborah Ong to its…