KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — The unemployment rate continues to show a downward trend, recording 3.8 per cent in June 2022, which is the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government today has agreed in principle to develop an Integrated Trade Events Platform specifically to enhance the country's trade competitiveness and export value digitally in line with a new trading landscape in the era of digitalisation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The Global Anti-Base Erosion (GloBE) Rules for the implementation of a global minimum tax of 15 per cent are almost ready to be published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), said Inland Revenue Board (IRB) International Taxation director Dr Esther AP Koisin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Malaysia needs to take steps to ensure the competitiveness of its freight industry, including removing, amending, or reviewing legal provisions, some of which can be unnecessarily restrictive for the industry’s growth.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Regional cooperation will continue to play a key role to support the development of the e-commerce industry in Asean, which has rapidly grown during the Covid-19 pandemic, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has made several recommendations, including establishing a universal service obligations (USO) fund, to improve the level playing field in Malaysia’s small-package delivery services (SPDS) sector.

BRUSSELS, March 10 — The global GDP is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, provided that countries roll out vaccines rapidly to lift the coronavirus-related restrictions and prevent further mutations of the virus, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Tuesday, reported Sputnik.

BEIJING, Sept 17 — The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in its latest report published on Wednesday revised up its forecast for global economic output in 2020 to a contraction of 4.5 per cent, which was less negative than what had been expected in June, reported Xinhua news agency.