SINGAPORE: Singapore's economy grew 4.0% in 2024, accelerating from 1.1% growth in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Thursday.
BEIJING: China's industrial output rose 5.4% from a year earlier in November, quickening from October's 5.3% growth, signalling tentative stabilisation in the world's second-largest economy as recent stimulus measures start to gain traction.
News highlights from the Asean Plus section on Thursday (Jan 2)
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Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd, which posted growth in its bottom line despite a decline in revenue for the second quarter ended Sept 30, 2024 (2Q25), is on track to achieve its RM1.3bil property sales target for the financial year ending March 31, 2025 (FY25).
Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, fell at a slower pace 0.4% in November 2024, as compared to a 2.4% drop recorded in October 2024.
The banking sector’s earnings are expected to see encouraging growth next year, fuelled by various factors despite downside risks.
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the US presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.
BEIJING: China's industrial output growth quickened slightly in November, while retail sales disappointed, keeping pressure on Beijing to ramp up stimulus for a fragile economy as it braces for more U.S. trade tariffs under a second Trump administration.
KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) wholly-owned unit trust management company, Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) has declared a total income distribution of 5.75 sen a unit for Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB), for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2024 (FY24).
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s economy grew 4.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2024, much faster than the 2.9% growth in the previous quarter, according to official advance estimates.
Singapore’s key exports enjoyed a rebound in November, beating analyst expectations, as electronics shipments resumed a double-digit expansion.
MOSCOW, May 30(Xinhua) -- Russia's GDP increased by 5.4% in the first quarter of the year, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Thursday.
Oil prices jumped about 4% on Thursday on a spike in US fuel use before Hurricane Milton barrelled across Florida, Middle East supply risks and signs that demand for energy could grow in the US and China.
HANOI: Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$24.3bil in the first 11 months of 2024, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
PETALING JAYA: United States president-elect Donald Trump’s trade policy, which is set to take off next year, will impact Malaysia’s economy, either directly or indirectly, but the saving grace will be the nation’s robust domestic demand which will cushion the impact.
Vietnam’s economic growth unexpectedly accelerated last quarter, buoyed by manufacturing and exports before a super typhoon in September caused widespread damage and prompted warnings of a challenging end to the year.
With Christmas around the corner, let us not forget the wars raging in the Middle East and in the eastern reaches of Europe that, even in the most optimistic projections, will not end any time soon and in fact, look like escalating.
Malaysia’s economy is estimated to grow at 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), representing a slight uptick from the previous quarter’s growth of 3.3%, according to the Statistics Department.
CGS International Research (CGSI Research) is maintaining a positive outlook on Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM), expecting its overall data revenues, including retail, enterprise and wholesale, to grow at a 4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY23) and FY26.