Economics Malaysia

It’s been nearly a year since Malaysia’s minimum wage law came into effect. Although enforcement has been held off until next year from the ...

As always in such matters, the answer is: it depends (excerpt; emphasis added): Should Policy Makers in Emerging Markets be Concerned...

October consumer prices accelerated slightly in October (log annual and monthly changes; 2000=100):

I did a series of posts along these lines ages ago, but as an overall summary, the following post from David Giles covers much the same grou...

My friend Lars tried an experiment last week: The Crowd: “Lars, you are fat!” On Friday I was doing a presentation on the globa...

Well, it’s a week late, but better late than never. GDP growth in 3Q2013 rose 5% on the year (log annual changes; 2005=100):

There’s been a dearth of posts on this blog for the past couple of weeks, mainly for two reasons: first, I had some deadlines to meet last w...

The September numbers aren’t nearly as pretty as the improvement in external trade (log annual and monthly changes; seasonally adjusted; 200...

The momentum established from August has so far been kept up, which I hadn’t expected. There’s usually a lull after major holidays, so count...

The outcome of yesterday’s Monetary Policy Committee was as predictable as the day – which is of course, a good thing. If things were actual...

For those who are interested in the rather refined job market for economists, this is a must read. From the email that announced the report:...

It turns out direct investment abroad isn’t exactly a zero sum game (excerpt): Do multinationals that expand abroad invest less at ho...