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Some 57 per cent or around 47,000 households had selected to use e-census for Stage Two during stage one of the Population and Housing Census from January to February 2021, Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (JPES) Director General Hajah Mariah binti Haji Yahya said. Hajah Mariah made these comments in her welcoming remarks at an e-census clinic at the lobby area of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MoFE) on Saturday officially launched by Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah. More details in Sunday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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2021-05-07 14:36:36 GMT2021-05-07 22:36:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 7 (Xinhua) Brunei s overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March 2021 increased by 1.8 percent year-on-year, according to the latest statistical figures released on Friday.
The Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy said the rise was mainly attributed to increases in the prices and costs of transport (5.9 percent); food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.6 percent); and communication (2.6 percent).
Meanwhile, on a monthly basis, the CPI recorded an increase of 0.3 percent compared to February.
CPI is a measure of price changes of goods and services paid by the consumer in a specified period. Brunei s list of goods and services in the CPI is based on the average expenditure per household. Enditem
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Brunei Darussalam’s economy to grow by 3.2 per cent this year while the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast it at three per cent.
The Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS) of Brunei Darussalam forecast the nation’s growth rate at 2.8 per cent.
The Department of Economic Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Finance and Economy stated that Brunei Darussalam’s economy last year grew by 1.2 per cent. This was attributed to an increase in the non-oil and gas sector by nine per cent.
The Asean +3 Macroeconomic Research Outlook (AMRO) in its recent publication also projected the nation’s economy to grow by around 0.9 per cent last year, despite contraction in the oil and gas sector in the fourth quarter of last year.