Global credit-rating agency Fitch has projected Bangladesh's economic outlook as stable for the current year also, but with a footnote that political and banking-sector risks remained on the flip side, a leading Bangladeshi newspaper has ...
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The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Report April 2015 paints a favourable picture for Vietnam. According to the report, medium term projections reflect gradual improvement in GDP growth and macroeconomic stability ...
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Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
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In order to adapt EU payments market to the opportunities of the single market and to support the growth of the EU economy, the European Commission adopted today a package including: • A new Payment Services Directive ("PSD2") and ...
In line with its image building exercise to win market access, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) leadership briefed Ausberto Rodriguez Jara, the Ambassador of Paraguay about the strengths of textile industry in Pakistan the ...
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Iraq has many assets, and while oil is the first that comes to mind, we should not forget the multitudes of Iraqis who live outside their country of birth — the Iraqi diaspora. Estimates vary, but there are probably between four and ...
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Khaleejimes.com reported that remittances from the UAE are on track to record 15% growth in 2012 to USD 12.87 billion, surpassing the overall GCC growth rate in outflows at 12.57%. Mr Y Sudhir Kumar Shetty COO of Global Operations, UAE ...
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PTI cited Mr Kaushik Basu CEO of World Bank as saying that India's economy could expand by around 6% in 2013, attributing the current slowdown to global factors. Mr Basu at CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture said that "It is very-very difficult ...
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Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), announced yesterday (Dec. 19) that the CBC has embarked on the establishment of “foreign-currency settlement platform,” which will start operation in the middle of next ...
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Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) decreed yesterday (Dec. 13) permitting designated banking units (DBUs) to undertake renminbi-related businesses. Following the launch of cross-Taiwan Strait currency ...
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The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Bangladesh takes place on 15 and 17 October 2012.The basis for the review is a report by the World Trade Organization(WTO)Secretariat and a report by the Government of Bangladesh. ...
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response to the influx of hot money into Asia following the rollout of the third-round quantitative easing policy(QE3)of the U.S.,the Central Bank of China(CBC)has included 20 U.S.and European investors with frequent funding movement into a ...
Tags: CBC, Speculative Foreign Funds, QE3, hot money
The increase in allocation of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the construction of mega infrastructure will lead to growth in cement sales and profitability of its producing units in the financial year of 2012-13. Analysts ...
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