Economics Malaysia

As I’ve tried to do in the past, I’ll be hoping to live-blog the budget announcement this afternoon. However, I’m on standby for something e...

Good luck finding coverage of PR’s Alternative Budget (hereinafter referred to as AB; link here ) in the mainstream media. And the commentar...

With the 2012 Federal Government budget set to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow, the papers are full of commentary on what people want, and ...

A new research paper from the NBER working paper series looks at debt-shifting within MNCs, and finds that – surprise! – tax rates matter a ...

A Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies thinks microeconomics should be inflicted on would-be business leaders (excerpt): More Dismal ...

When investing in an international commodity, it really, really matters what currency you’re investing in. Exhibit one (excerpt): Go...

Last week’s employment figures shows employment growth hitting 200k jobs for July – but so did labour force growth:

The tech industry is innovative in more ways than one, and has found quite a tax dodge (excerpt): Microsoft and HP rapped by US Senat...

For the first time in over a year, consumer inflation in Malaysia has stopped decelerating (log annual and monthly changes):

Bob Gordon argues that the past two centuries or so represent a unique period in human history (excerpt): Is US economic growth over?...

An interesting, but misleading, viewpoint from the Beeb (excerpt): Lesson from Japan: Do low interest rates boost growth? By Mariko O...

Naoyuki Shinohara, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF on Asia (excerpt; emphasis added) Will Asia Remain Resilient to Global Eco...