tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post9197970899190786163..comments2024-03-27T18:15:59.096+08:00Comments on Economics Malaysia: June 2014 External Tradehishamhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-9097821269772227922014-08-10T00:42:45.500+08:002014-08-10T00:42:45.500+08:00Evening all,
@Zuo De,
The constraint isn't l...Evening all,<br /><br />@Zuo De,<br /><br />The constraint isn't land, it's skilled labour.<br /><br />@TamanTasek<br /><br />1. What makes you think the government is "deferring" economic restructuring? MITI for instance have been turning down investment applications for low wage manufacturing for nearly a decade now.<br /><br />2. How about 3 years ago?<br /><br />3. By that hishamhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-51115483437891787262014-08-07T13:33:23.249+08:002014-08-07T13:33:23.249+08:00Some economists have commented that Malaysia may e...Some economists have commented that Malaysia may experience twin deficits - fiscal and trade.<br /><br />If this happens, a credit rating downgrade could be triggered.<br /><br />This would have a knock-on effect if BNM is forced to increase the OPR in order to defend the Ringgit.<br /><br />Not a very pleasant scenario to contemplate.<br /><br />The key questions are the following:<br /><br />- TamanTaseknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-8447937148596797242014-08-07T10:59:10.871+08:002014-08-07T10:59:10.871+08:00Hishamh,
Could it be that Malaysia has reached a ...Hishamh,<br /><br />Could it be that Malaysia has reached a plateau in what it can export due to capacity constraint - ie one can only grow so much palm, rubber, factories (no big available land)?<br /><br />Zuo DeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com