Economics Malaysia

What causes a recession? Sometimes it’s overinvestment, other times its debt burdened households. And sometimes, it’s just simple uncertai...

Bank Negara and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have just signed an agreement: Memorandum of Understanding between Bank Negara Ma...

Watching the slow-motion train wreck that is the Eurozone debt crisis, it’s hard for anybody trained in finance or economics to grasp just w...

I’ve been bothered for years by my inability to understand just why inflation is bad. You’re now going to say, “it’s easy you dunce, inflati...

I don’t know who Baradan Kuppusamy is and I don’t want to give him any more exposure than necessary, but this article he wrote had me laughi...

Wednesday’s CPI report shows core inflation finally – finally! – pulling back (log annual and monthly changes; 2000=100): It’s still at ...

After the employment losses of August , the labour market rebounded slightly in September, adding a marginal 7k jobs (‘000):

In the mailbox today (abstract): Skill-biased Technological Change, Earnings of Unskilled Workers, and Crime Naci H. Mocan, ...

From this weekend’s news (excerpt): Why it pays to invest like a woman DID you ever think testosterone could be a setback in s...

I've just had an accident with my laptop - involving a full mug of tea - so I might be offline for a while until I can resolve the...

Despite a lot of evidence, seems nobody could quite believe that Malaysia’s economy could keep growing – the consensus growth forecast for 3...

Stephen Gordon talks about fighting inequality in Canada (excerpt): No, we really don't want to reduce inequality A few wee...