Economics Malaysia

(I’ve been drafting this for a few days, and then Tun Mahathir has to go and steal my thunder !) There are a few unspoken rules and princi...

It reads like a FAQ (you can read it here ). You may or may not believe the answers, but for a précis about the whole situation, it’s a good...

It sometimes fun to apply economic principles to everyday matters, and the way people interact with each other. And sometimes, it’s a little...

And they’re sorta right, though I wouldn’t put too much credence in the idea of a “weak correlation”. Correlations have a way of reversing j...

One of the big concerns under the NEM is that with a structural shift away from low-value added export industries towards higher value-added...

One of the key issues that has bedeviled the economics profession in the last three years has been the almost complete failure to predict th...

You may have heard that inward FDI to Malaysia crashed in 2009 – Tony Pua has a nice roundup on his blog . You can read the full report from...

June’s Consumer Price Index report shows inflation slowly picking up (log annual and monthly changes;2000=100;click for a bigger pic): N...

From a forthcoming paper, Malaysia is ranked in terms of its opportunities and capabilities for future growth: Development and accumu...

From the comments: Wenger J Khairy said... Dear HishamH, Appreciate your response. Perhaps would like to comment further ...

…for an economist. Check out the advert here . I’m going to take this opportunity to clarify my comments regarding the job openings at Pub...

I’ve been meaning to cover this issue for some time now, but haven’t had the time. It’s very late to be talking about this, but I suppose be...