S Korea maintains fiscal expansionary, monetary easing policie..
09-18-2009
- The South Korean government will keep up its fiscal expansionary policies, with an L-shape steady recovery likely down the road, the finance minister said Thursday.
During a press conference with foreign correspondents..
Singapore gov't approves multi-bln USD in business loans
09-18-2009
- The Singapore government has approved 4.7 billion Singapore dollars (3.3 billion U.S. dollars) to help businesses tide over the economic crunch since January.
According to local newspaper the Straits Times' report on T..
ADB to provide $780 mln to finance energy program in Pakistan
09-18-2009
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending 780 million U.S. dollars in loans to Pakistan through a multi-tranche financing facility for priority energy efficiency projects that will secure the country's growing energy..
Hong Kong's August composite interest rate falls slightly
09-18-2009
- The composite interest rate in Hong Kong declined slightly by one basis points to 0.15 percent at the end of August from 0.16 percent at the end of July, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said Thursday.
This followed a ..
First batch of RMB bonds to be issued in Hong Kong
09-18-2009
- The first batch of Renminbi treasury bonds, valued at 6 billion yuan, is expected to be issued in Hong Kong on September 28, China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced on Thursday.
Of the total amount, no less than 2 ..
Employee average earnings in Macao's 3 industries increase in ..
09-18-2009
- Employees of Macao's three industries, including Wholesale and retail trade, Transport, storage and communications, and Public sewage and refuse disposal activities, saw their average earnings, excluding bonuses and allo..
Standard Chartered Bank to increase dealers in China
09-18-2009
- Standard Chartered Bank plans to increase the number of dealers in China by about two-thirds in three to four years, as it seeks a bigger role in the country's fast-growing bond and foreign exchange market, China Daily r..
China's securities regulator gives green light to first seven ..
09-18-2009
- The first seven companies applying for listing on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), a Nasdaq-alike market in China, have got green lights from the country's securities regulator on Thursday.
They are in the fields of..
Macao banks' lending to SME up 19.7% in H1
09-18-2009
- New SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) credit limit approved by Macao banks in the first six months of 2009 increased by 19.7 percent over the second half of last year to 6.2 billion patacas (785 million U.S. dolla..
U.S. current account deficit in Q2 dips to $98.8 bln
09-17-2009
- The U.S. current account deficit decreased to 98.8 billion U.S. dollars during the second quarter, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2001, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
The April-June current a..