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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... pick-up to 1.6% and the fastest pace of consumer price rises since May's 2.0% rate. However, it remains below Bank Negara Malaysia's 2.5%-3.5% target for this year. Last month's pick up in prices was driven by stronger year-on-year increases in the prices ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... 4.30 billion ringgit. Malaysian exports dropped by 5.3% in the year to July while imports decreased by 4.8%. Bank Negara Malaysia kept interest rates unchanged at 3.0% following its 7 September meeting. The central bank cut interest rates by 25 bps in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... Malaysia's inflation had steadily eased since it hit a seven-year high of 4.2% in February this year. Last month, Bank Negara Malaysia lowered its 2016 inflation forecasts to 2%-3% from its earlier projection of 2.5%-3.5%. The Malaysian central bank ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... and transport. Likewise, core inflation decelerated from 2.3 to 2.1% in May. Easing inflation should give Bank Negara Malaysia scope for easier monetary policy in light of the country's slowing economic growth. The Malaysian central bank has kept interest ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... 3.3% in July (the highest since August 2014) from 1% at the start of the year. This presents a dilemma for Bank Negara Malaysia in terms of interest rate policy management - it needs to lower interest rates to support growth but higher rates to tame ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... 9,300 against the dollar and buy foreign currencies to limit volatility, Governor Darmin Nasution said today. Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told Bloomberg Television yesterday she favors a gradual strengthening of the ringgit. President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... higher at 3,495. In economic news today, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will address the Bank Negara Malaysia High-Level Conference 2009 in Kuala Lumpur. The National Australia Bank monthly business survey for January is due, along ...
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