Economics Malaysia

[Warning: this post is very-long and graphics-intensive] We had an interesting debate going on in the comments to this post regarding ineq...

I can’t embed the video, so you’ll have to hit this link to view it. How many of our athletes, much less our companies, would go to this ...

The latest report on the CPI from DOS released last week shows the first uptick in the general price level since last year (log annual and m...

The latest employment numbers from DOS shows the economy shedding about 15k jobs in April: With both labour force and employment growth ...

With all the recent movement in the Ringgit, it’s probably about time to look at where it really stands on an aggregate and disaggregated ba...

The Greek election results are almost in: Greece Steps Back From the Brink Greece isn’t ready to call Europe’s bluff. If early...

Interesting video on BBC magazine: Life in a cashless society Author David Wolman says cash is dirty, expensive and should just...

A new working paper from the World Bank looks at the impact of the middle class on public policies (abstract; emphasis added): Do mid...

A lovely essay by Danny Quah (excerpt; emphasis added): OFA – Be a little foolish, be a little different When I left Penang fo...

With the fiscal deficit still with us, government debt continued to increase in 1Q2012 (RM millions): Gross issuance reached RM24.7 bill...

The 1Q2012 numbers for the government’s accounts were published along with the April 2012 Monthly Statistical Bulletin from BNM. There’s so...

Today’s report on Malaysia’s industrial production in April underscores the weak start to the second quarter from slowing external trade (lo...