Bank Negara's tone shows it's ready to lower OPR if economy worsens - Malaysia Star


Malaysia Star
Bank Negara's tone shows it's ready to lower OPR if economy worsens
Malaysia Star
Bank Negara on Tuesday announced its decision to maintain the OPR at 3% at least until the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on March 9. The move was in line with market expectations. According to the latest MPC assessment, ...

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Malaysia's Dec broad money up 14.4 pct on year-c.bank - Reuters

Malaysia's Dec broad money up 14.4 pct on year-c.bank
Reuters
... in December released by the central bank, Bank Negara. KEY DATA Monetary aggregates (percentage change at end of period, year-on-year): December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 M1 15.1 13.8 16.6 M2 14.6 12.8 11.8 M3 14.4 12.4 11.4 Note: M1 - Money ...

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REFILE-TABLE-Malaysia economic indicators - Feb 10 - Reuters

REFILE-TABLE-Malaysia economic indicators - Feb 10
Reuters
... 2005 2004 2003 2002 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 NOTE - Figures may not total due to rounding. - The latest labour market data is up to December 30 - p: preliminary - f: forecast SOURCES Finance Ministry, Bank Negara, Statistics Department, ...

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Ringgit Strengthens for Fifth Week Before Factory-Output Data - Bloomberg

Ringgit Strengthens for Fifth Week Before Factory-Output Data
Bloomberg
Overseas investors raised their ownership of ringgit-denominated debt by 36 percent from a year earlier to 164.5 billion ringgit ($54.4 billion) in 2011, Bank Negara Malaysia said on its website this week. Employers in the US probably added 140000 ...

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RI firms better placed to weather rupiah volatility: S&P - Jakarta Post

RI firms better placed to weather rupiah volatility: S&P
Jakarta Post
Indonesian companies' use of foreign-currency debt is “significantly lower” than during the 1997 Asian financial crisis and 2008 global financial crisis, when a rapidly declining rupiah hastened corporate defaults, according to S&P's latest report, ...

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Analyst call Jan 30 - The Malaysian Insider

Analyst call Jan 30
The Malaysian Insider
At the macro level: (i) Bank Negara Malaysia is scheduled to hold its monetary policy committee meeting on Tuesday (31 Jan); (ii) Dec economic reports on external trade (next Thursday, 9 Feb) and index of industrial production (also on 9 Feb) will be ...

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Ringgit set for biggest monthly rally since '08 - Business Times - Malaysia

Ringgit set for biggest monthly rally since '08
Business Times - Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia will leave its benchmark overnight rate at 3 percent at a review tomorrow, according to all 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The ringgit advanced 4.3 percent this month, the most since December 2008, to 3.0425 per dollar ...

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