9.3% rise first positive year-on-year growth in 2021

America needs to be rebuilt, its economy ‘supercharged’ to become more competitive around the world, says president

Continuous buying on selected counters lifts local bourse, while dovish Fed, BNM maintaining interest rate boosts local note

This, however, is a reduction compared with first 3 months of last year

Fund management firm assures all data still secure

Position sufficient to finance over 8 months of retained imports

Shipments abroad soars 32.3% on-year in April, smashing the 24.1% expected

This is due to firm’s balance sheet strength, strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management

Analysts forecast govt data will show economy added 1 mil positions, unemployment rate drop to 5.8%

Nikkei 225 index down 0.20% or 58.64 points at 29,272.73 in early trade
