BI reduced the country’s GDP growth forecast for the year to the 0.9%-1.9% range from 2.3%. BI expects the economy to rebound in 2021 by showing growth of 5% to 6%. Indonesia’s central bank, Bank ... ( read original story ...)
India Reports Record Spike In COVID-19 Cases, But Nixes Another Nationwide Lockdown
With 12,881 new infections, Thursday's daily tally is India's highest so far. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruled out another national lockdown, saying it's too painful for the economy. ( read original story ...)
Protests Erupt in India Amid Border Clash With China
As India grapples with the deaths of soldiers in a brawl with China, there are calls to boycott Chinese goods. ( read original story ...)
Labour Day in Lao PDR: protecting rights at work, enhancing social protection in times of COVID-19
As Lao PDR is marking Labour Day today ... music of the crash of 2008-2009 was that once the vaccine to the virus of financial excess had been developed and applied, the global economy would ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli finance minister: ‘No room’ for another full COVID-19 lockdown
Israel can deal with the pandemic “in a focused manner with enforcement and quarantine,” says Finance Minister Israel Katz ... ( read original story ...)
SNB has leeway to lower rates, Jordan tells CNBC
The Swiss National Bank has leeway to cut rates even further into negative territory if needed, SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan told broadcaster CNBC after the central bank left its ultra-loose policy on ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan taxi drivers voice demands for decisions to soften economic blow of coronavirus
Shared taxi drivers in particular are demanding increased fares in order to compensate for the financial losses ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan’s first President tests COVID-19 positive
Kazakhstans first President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has tested positive for COVID-19 and has gone into self-isolation, his office announced on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s Parliament passes Constitution Amendment Bill to update map incorporating Indian territories
Nepal last month released the revised political and administrative map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas, more than six months after India published a new map in November ... ( read original story ...)
UN calls on donors to fulfil Yemen aid pledges
Eri Kaneko, associate spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on international donors to fulfil financial pledges they made to help ease the suffering of people ... ( read original story ...)