2023 February
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Thailand Microeconomic Weekly Update #11
- February 14, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Garcia
- Categories: Thailand Weekly Economic Update, Weekly Updates
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Thailand’s headline inflation cooled to its lowest rate in nine months and came in below analyst forecasts, helped by easing energy and food prices, with the commerce ministry predicting consumer prices will decline further this year.
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Philippines Microeconomic Weekly Update # 19
- February 13, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Garcia
- Categories: Philippine Weekly Economic Update, Weekly Updates
Inflation print for Jan-23 rose to 8.7% y-o-y (Dec-22: 8.1%, Jan-22: 3.0%, est. 7.6%) – ahead of both the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) monthly forecast range of 7.5% to 8.3% and the government’s annual target range of 2.5% to 4.5%. Meanwhile Jan-23 core inflation rate rose to 7.4% from 6.9% in Dec-22 and 1.8% in Jan-22.
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Thailand Microeconomic Weekly Update #10
- February 7, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Garcia
- Categories: Thailand Weekly Economic Update, Weekly Updates
China’s JD.com will close its e-commerce services in Indonesia and Thailand, retreating from Southeast Asia after a bruising year for China’s retail and technology sectors.
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Philippines Microeconomic Weekly Update # 18
- February 6, 2023
- Posted by: Julia Garcia
- Categories: Philippine Weekly Economic Update, Weekly Updates
GCash, the mobile wallet business of Globe Telecom, Inc. (GLO) and Grab Philippines have tied up to allow customers to use their mobile wallet as a direct payment method when using the services of the Grab platform. By Feb 2023, GCash will be available as a direct mode of payment on the Grab platform. Once rolled out, Grab platform users can simply choose GCash as their payment method and pay cashless for Grab services, avoiding transfer fees that go as high as P50.