Economics Malaysia

Last week, DOS released 2010 estimates of Malaysia’s International Investment Position (IIP). For those unfamiliar with the term, if the bal...

While the headline inflation number is only slightly above the level of the past two months at 3.3%, core inflation is signalling inflation ...

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April’s employment report shows continued net job creation in the Malaysian economy, even if the pace has slowed: About 78,000 jobs were...

One of the problems with measuring the “correct” value of exchange rates is that we’re talking about a relative price against a whole bunch ...

Here’s my weekend reading - researchers at the IMF have released a duo of papers on the bond markets in ASEAN (abstract): Developing ...

I stumbled on this last month, but haven’t read it til now (excerpt from the introduction): ISLAMIC ECONOMICS, What Went Wrong? ...

I think there’s an argument for having a minimum wage, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves: NGOs, MTUC want minimum wage policy imme...

My wife pointed this out to me today: Scribbling Sharpie Illustrates The Truth You’re not going to be able to explain something as comp...

I haven’t yet seen any press releases or advertising on this yet, but since the date is fast approaching, I thought I’d break the news. Th...

Malaysia’s deep sea fishermen are on strike because the diesel subsidy has been reduced (excerpt, emphasis added): Fishermen can’t a...

Whichever way you look at it, April’s IPI numbers don’t give a whole lot of grounds for optimism. All the main components turned in negative...