A change in interest rates will be on the table at every meeting of the Federal Reserve, but the timing of any move will depend on how the economy performs,

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s retail sector offers great potential for investors in the context of various free trade agreements and the Trans-Pacific Partnership the country has signed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Luu Bich Ho, former director of the Development Strategy Institute under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, spoke to the newspaper Kinh te & Do thị about opportunities and challenges

 The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as it balances continued concerns about the health of the global economy with fresh signs that domestic inflation is starting to rear its head.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Last year’s budget deficit reached an estimated 7% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP), the highest level since 2000, the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) said in a quarter-four report.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has set an economic growth target of 6.7 per cent for 2016, which HSBC, in its latest Vietnam at a Glance report, believes is feasible since export growth has rebounded to double digits reflecting new investment.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 28 presented a Government’s draft Resolution on key tasks and measures guiding the realization of the Plan for socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2016.

 Most of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) 17,000 employees went on strike on Thursday in what the central bank described as "mass casual leave".

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 12 per cent increase in next year's national minimum wage would be "reasonable," a high-ranking congressman said yesterday, August 25.

Deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong said at the Government’s media briefing in Hanoi last week that the central bank is weighing the Ministry of Finance’s proposal for a VND30 trillion loan

 Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by a worse-than-expected 9% in 2015, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to the country has concluded.

VietNamNet Bridge – The World Bank chief economist in Viet Nam, Sandeep Mahajan, has shared his views on the country’s socioeconomic performance in the first months of 2015 after the Government presented a socioeconomic report

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam's economy is starting the year ‘all guns blazing’ and may outperform last year’s growth, showing that the government's efforts to tame inflation and regain macroeconomic stability are sound and timely.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the past 20 years, Vietnam has come out from the ravages of war to become as some prominent observers have called the "New Asian Tiger". It is emerging as a key economic and geo-strategic pillar of Southeast Asian stability.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Pham Minh Huan, deputy minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) about Tet bonuses this year.

Russia's annual inflation will near 9 percent by year end, Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Monday.

Vietnam Consumer Confidence has fallen slightly to 134.7 points (down 0.3% m/m) in October, according to latest report by ANZ-Roy Morgan.

 Foreign exchange rate remains unchanged, says SBV; HSBC: Vietnam’s PMI goes up in September; Garment exports to hit US$25 bln for 2014; Inflation holds steady in first nine months

 A slow recovery among nations using the euro is holding back the global economy, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Local experts have more grounds to believe that the Government’s target of curbing inflation at 6-7% this year is achievable given a slight consumer price index rise this month as announced by the General Statistics Office