December 3, 2011
Real estate has regained the top spot as the most attractive sector for private equity investment, Grant Thornton says. Private equity investors’ optimism in the Vietnamese economy has dropped sharply as they continue to worry about inflation, high interest rates and a slowdown in domestic growth, according to Grant Thornton. Negative sentiment toward the economy [...]
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August 14, 2011
Government’s inflation fight will decide short-term future, analysts say Motorcyclists ride past a construction site in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City on August 8. For the first time in two years, land prices have gone down in Hanoi. Perhaps for the first time ever, developers are offering apartments in lieu of cash [...]
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July 8, 2011
Visitors inspect a real estate development project during an exhibition on construction and property in Hanoi. The residential property market in Ho Chi Minh City has been hit hard by the government’s tight monetary policy and buyer confidence is not likely to improve anytime soon, real estate companies say. Consulting firm CB Richard Ellis said [...]
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February 5, 2010
Business confidence among Viet Nam’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) climbed 10 points in the fourth quarter last year, . . . Sandy Flockhart, HSBC’s chairman of personal and commercial banking, said: “Our small business confidence index is telling us that confidence levels are back to pre-financial crisis levels. Not only are SMEs confident that [...]
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November 15, 2009
Controlling currency levels is a form of protectionism that policy makers must avoid âby all means,â said the incoming chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperationâs Business Advisory Council. âForeign-exchange rates are a crucial factor in global trade, and guiding them to benefit a certain country is protectionism,â said Gempachiro Aihara, whoâs also the current co-chair [...]
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October 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese businesses have more confidence in improved business prospects in the coming months than their peers in many other countries, A majority of respondents in the country (65 per cent) – the highest proportion from the countries surveyed – expect their trade volumes to increase in the next three months, according to the [...]
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September 5, 2009
Policy makers in Southeast Asiaâs biggest economies may begin to remove monetary stimulus in their financial systems as early as the second quarter of 2010 as growth resumes, according to UBG AG. Singapore may shift its currency stance to one that allows for a modest and gradual appreciation of its exchange rate, while Thailand, Indonesia [...]
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September 5, 2009
Policy makers in Southeast Asiaâs biggest economies may begin to remove monetary stimulus in their financial systems as early as the second quarter of 2010 as growth resumes, according to UBG AG. Singapore may shift its currency stance to one that allows for a modest and gradual appreciation of its exchange rate, while Thailand, Indonesia [...]
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September 3, 2009
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that the United States and other countries should continue to stimulate the economy despite some early signs of growth. “You have seen now the first signs of growth, positive growth, in this country and around the world,” he said in a media briefing ahead of the weekend’s [...]
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August 31, 2009
The U.S. economy does not need a second fiscal stimulus package, instead the government should cut spending over the next two years, according to a survey of business economists released on Monday. Most economists in the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) semi-annual poll were concerned about the outlook for the U.S. government budget. Also, [...]
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