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Aging Nation Stuck In A Middle Income Trap?
Malaysia Must Prepare For An Economic Slowdown
Malaysia’s Retirement Savings Crisis Exposes Deeper Problems
CME Praises Bank Negara Malaysia On The Ringgit, Invites ASEAN Central Banks Greater Cooperation
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: After a short break, the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) is again under stress and close to be exchanged at 4.8 against one American Dollar (USD). The Center for Market Education agrees with the general consensus that the resurgent weakness of the domestic currency is mainly due to external factors:
Is Malaysia Ready For A Global Recession?
Uncertainty Over Where Central Banks’ Monetary Policy Is Headed
Solidify Joint Security Bond with Singapore
Malaysia's Overdependence Trap
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia will need to have a strategic long term reorientation of its economic fundamentals, especially on ensuring a dependable and sustainable external economic dependence.
Beijing's Dangerous Flirtation With Hard Power Intimidation
World Risks Big Misses Across SGDs Unless Accelerate Measures Are Taken, UN Warns
NEW YORK, U.S.: Failure to redouble global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – the promise of a better world for all – may fuel greater political instability, upend economies and lead to irreversible damage to the natural environment, according to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition.
IMF Lowers Global Economic Growth Outlook As ‘Fog Thickens’
NEW YORK, U.S.-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in their latest World Economic Outlook published on Tuesday, that global growth will bottom out at 2.8 percent this year before rising modestly to around three percent in 2024, representing a 0.1 per cent fall on its January projections.
Malaysia's Budget 2023 Shifts The Burden Of Fiscal Responsibility On Firms And Individuals
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The Center for Market Education (CME) is not impressed with the freshly re-tabled budget 2023, the first big step for the coalition government run by Anwar Ibrahim.
Rising Inflation, Falling Wages Threaten Increased Poverty And Unrest: ILO
NEW YORK, U.S.--Rising inflation has caused a striking decline in real monthly wages in many countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report published on Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for policies to prevent further poverty, inequality and social unrest.
CME Invites Political Parties To A Campaign Based On Content
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--While Malaysia is preparing for the next general elections (GE15), and political parties are busy with the fine-tuning of the list of candidates and their manifestos, the Center for Market Education (CME) invites all the coalitions to base their campaign on contents, programs and ideas.
Global Woes Cast Shadow Over ASEAN+3 Growth
SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore--he ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) today revised downwards its short-term growth forecast for the ASEAN+3 region.
How Governments Have Failed Their Citizens
BANGKOK, Thailand--As the world is going through a generational transition in political, administrative, and bureaucratic leadership, governance has been plagued with crisis after crisis.
Looming Chip Glut Highlights More Prominent Role Of China
BEIJING, China--Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said on Thursday that it expects mobile and PC chip demand would continue to weaken as macroeconomic uncertainties persist, according to Reuters. Earlier, US chipmaker Qualcomm Inc forecast lower-than-expected sales revenue for the current quarter as a slowdown in smartphone demand hit its mainstay handset chip business, Reuters reported.
Recession Storm Clouds Gathering
MICHIGAN, U.S.--There is a rising tide of warnings that the US, Europe and other areas of the world are rapidly moving towards a recession as significant data point in that direction.
Resolute Implementation Of Yangtze Fishing Ban Reflects CPC’s Determination To Restore Ecology
BEIJING, China--Who is the Community Party of China (CPC)? What is the CPC's role in the new era? The CPC has grown into one of the largest parties in the world in the process of leading the Chinese people to seek liberation and happiness, making China as strong and prosperous as it is today.