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Retail Asia28/02/2023

The baby food market in the Philippines is expected to decline by 4.5% on average annually to reach $826.7m by 2028 as the government pushes for public access to contraceptives and family planning that resulted in childbirth rates. In a report, GlobalData said the rising inflation will also contribute to constraining spending on baby food […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2022

VinFast had shipped its first batch of 999 cars to the U.S., capping a five-year bid to develop an auto production hub in Vietnam for markets in North America and Europe. The company said that the first cars are expected to be handed over to customers by the end of December. VinFast Chief Executive Le […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2022

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While various stimulus packages got the global economy through the short-term challenges of COVID-19, they were always going to cause difficulties in the medium term. Inflation has risen and recessions look likely, so how can investors respond effectively? The global economic system appeared to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns. Individual policymakers […]

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Retail Asia19/07/2022

High inflation in the EU area and geopolitical uncertainties are some reasons why Europeans move assets to Switzerland. Yet as the country drifts further away from Brussels, going after these clients could become more complicated. Swiss banks are not allowed to proactively solicit clients in Europe unless they have a branch in the respective market. […]

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Retail Asia30/05/2022

A surge in the prices of gasoline, food and some other goods has sent the consumer price index rising by 2.86 percent year-on-year in May. Global gasoline prices went up while the rising costs of raw materials and ingredients pushed up food prices, according to the General Statistics Office. The monthly rise in prices was […]

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Retail Asia24/02/2022

The current tremendous inflationary pressure on the cost base of virtually every food producer has yet to be absorbed further downstream in the supply chain. Will it be the consumer, the food retailer, or the foodservice operator that ultimately picks up the bill? Or will the problem be pushed back into the chain? Inflation in […]

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Retail Asia01/11/2021

Vietnam’s inflation rate in the first 10 months was 1.81 percent, the lowest since 2016. In October alone, inflation fell 0.2 percent from September, as lifted restrictions in localities help boost goods transport and reduce stockpiling demand, General Statistics Office reported. Demand for electricity and water also fell as the country transitioned from summer to […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2021

Inflation this year is likely to be 2.5-3 percent, well below the target of 4 percent set by the National Assembly, due to low consumer demand, analysts said. Global prices of strategic materials are likely to climb in the next few months due to geopolitical tensions and Covid-19, but food and foodstuff prices in Vietnam […]

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Retail Asia30/01/2020

The consumer price index (CPI) in January jumped 6.43 percent year-on-year, the biggest increase seen in 7 years. It also rose 1.23 percent over last December, with the high increase this year attributed to the surge in eating out, shopping and travel demands of people during Tet or the Lunar New Year, Vietnam’s biggest national holiday. The […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2019

India’s annual rate of retail inflation more than halved to 2.05 percent in January from a high of 5.07 percent during the corresponding period last year, official data showed on Tuesday. The downward trend in CPI, is due to food inflation which has further widened its negative trend. Fruits, vegetables and eggs continued to witness deflationary trend […]

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Retail Asia13/02/2019

Standard Chartered has projected Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to remain at 4.4% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018. However, full-year GDP is expected to come in lower at 4.6% compared with 5.9% in 2017. Bank Negara Malaysia will release Q4 GDP data on Thursday. “We estimate GDP growth of 4.4% y/y, similar to […]

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Retail Asia24/01/2019

RAM Ratings, which expects inflation to inch up to 0.3% in December 2018 from 0.2% in the previous month, has revised its full-year headline inflation forecast for 2019 to 2.0% from 2.7%. The rating agency said in a statement that inflation in December 2018 is estimated to rise to 0.3% from 0.2% in the preceding […]

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Retail Asia02/01/2019

Indonesia’s December annual inflation rate eased, but the pace was quicker than expected, data from the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, showed on Wednesday. The annual inflation rate in December was 3.13 percent, the agency said, lower than November’s 3.23 percent, but quicker than the median forecast of 2.98 percent. The December rate was well […]

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Retail Asia24/12/2018

Vietnam may grow more than 7 percent in 2018, the highest in 10 years, and is likely to maintain the rate next year, experts say. Nguyen Xuan Thanh, director of development, and public policy lecturer at the Fulbright University of Vietnam, said the country’s economy is expected to grow at over 7 percent this year, […]

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Retail Asia19/12/2018

Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise 0.5% in November from a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed, marginally slower than the previous month amid lower transport prices. Inflation has been mild since the government removed an unpopular consumption tax in June and reinstated a narrower sales and services tax (SST) three months […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2018

Indonesia’s annual inflation rate accelerated for a second straight month in November, the statistics office said on Monday, against an expectation for price pressures to ease. The consumer price index rose 3.23 percent in November from a year earlier, Central Statistics Agency (BPS) chief Suhariyanto said, attributing the increase to rising prices of some food […]

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Retail Asia06/11/2018

China’s economy appears to be slowing faster than expected at the start of the fourth quarter, a bad omen for growth early next year when the full force of the trade war with the United States comes to bear. This situation is likely to spur Beijing to introduce new measures to support growth, analysts said. The […]

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Retail Asia10/10/2018

Last weekend’s increase in fuel prices has stoked fears that Vietnam might not meet its 2018 inflation target. The ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance upped fuel price last Friday, and prices of biofuel E5 RON 92 went by VND675 per liter to VND20,906 (90 cents) and that of RON 95 by VND577 to […]

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Retail Asia03/10/2018

The recent increase in U.S. interest rate will generate pressure on the Vietnamese dong and make inflation target hard to meet, experts warn. The U.S. Federal Reserve lifted interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2.00 percent to 2.25 percent on Wednesday, foreseeing […]

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Retail Asia06/09/2018

Indonesia’s annual inflation rate picked up slightly in August but was below market expectation and remained within the central bank’s target range, statistics bureau data showed on Monday. Consumer prices rose 3.20 percent in August from a year earlier, compared with July’s annual inflation rate of 3.18 percent. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected a rate […]

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