Economics Malaysia

I’m increasingly leaning towards the view that we might see a rate hike tomorrow, when BNM’s Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled to meet....

With most of August falling within the month of Ramadhan, an uptick in the money supply is to be expected – much like for Chinese New Year, ...

Despite three consecutive 25bp hikes in the Official Policy Rate, growth in M2 is keeping pretty steady (log annual and monthly changes, sea...

If you remember my last post on monetary conditions in Malaysia, I was scratching my head over the apparent dichotomy between a whopping inc...

Banks have begun to raise their lending rates on home loans and other financing – is this justified? From a consumer perspective this is a b...

Over the Raya holidays, I’ve taken a short break from blogging – family and getting back to work commitments has meant limited time or energ...

I've been railing against the slow adjustment in the interest rate margin between what Malaysian banks are charging and their cost of fu...

The Star today has a report on why lending rates have lagged cuts in interbank rates over the past few months. Which is fine - there are in...