Banking stocks regaining ground
Banking & Finance

Banking stocks regaining ground

Along with the recovery of the stock market overall, banking stocks have also been regaining ground in recent times. Figures from FiinTrade show that second-quarter after-tax profits at 23 of the 27 trading banks rose 33.4 per cent year-on-year on average.
Banking & Finance

Inflationary pressure to remain

According to the Ministry of Finance, ten out of eleven groups of main consumer goods and services saw prices increase July and this will maintain pressure on inflation control over the remainder of the year. Some factors, however, ease that pressure, such as the supply of consumer goods being abundant along with ongoing and planned fiscal policies.