BANK Indonesia (BI) will deliver another 25 basis points interest rate hike on Thursday (Jan 19) as it tries to bring inflation under control without having a big impact on economic growth, a Reuters poll of economists forecast.
MALAYSIA’S central bank will deliver its fifth consecutive quarter percentage point hike on Thursday in its effort to keep high inflation under check and provide support to a struggling currency, a Reuters poll found.
BANK of England (BOE) governor Andrew Bailey questioned the need for a digital pound on Monday (Jan 16) just as eurozone finance ministers backed further preparatory work on a digital euro.
JAPAN is urging the world’s regulators to treat crypto as strictly as they do banks, adding to the calls for tougher rules following the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX digital-asset exchange.
Why do job applications still ask for PSLE results and last drawn salary? Outdated hiring practices can hurt when attracting talent has never been so critical for businesses, says Indeed’s Florence Yip.
