Economics Malaysia

I’ve never, ever covered this before - I don’t even have the data on hand – but just reading the report suggests that the impression I got...

Along with the 4Q2009 GDP report, we had two other stat releases yesterday: Jan 2010 CPI and BNM’s Jan MSB. I’ll cover the latter after upda...

The GDP numbers look pretty good don”t they ? Real GDP growth hit 4.6%, which by Malaysia’s standards means we’re officially out of recessio...

There’s already evidence that the IMF’s thinking on its approach towards assistance to developing countries has changed, retreating away fro...

Tomorrow’s GDP report will have some interesting repercussions. It won't only serve as confirmation that the economy has recovered ( thi...

A report from the Star has me flabbergasted ( h/t satD ): "Cuepacs is concerned about the 'increasing dominance' of female e...

Talk about minds thinking alike: "As was the case in Ontario, recent evidence from the US illustrates the pointlessness of using the ...

This article in the Star quotes Mustafar Maarof of the Malaysian Airlines System Employees' Union: "The Malaysian economy's ...

I stumbled across the IMF’s latest country report on Malaysia the other day while culling my email. Article IV consultations are conducted ...

You can read the Fed statement here . In meaningful terms, the 50bp increase in the discount rate, and change in tenure from a max of 30 day...

The IMF last week issued a staff position report (warning: pdf link) that represents something of a mea culp a and a retreat from the Washi...

[ Continued from last post ] Model III In the last two attempts to make use of empirical evidence to suss out the relationship between t...