Economics Malaysia

These guys have waaaay too much time on their hands (excerpt): World Cup 2014 Special Brazil set to succeed on the pitch …bu...

Growth and taxation – it seems like a contradiction in terms. Taxation tends to create economic distortions, affecting decisions on consumpt...

If there’s anything that will tell you the economy isn’t quite as good as the 1Q2014 numbers indicate, it should be employment (‘000): N...

There’s a link? There is a metaphorical one, according to Stephen Gordon (excerpt): Action bias and the political economy of penalty ...

The CPI numbers for April were released late on Wednesday, and they point to benign inflationary pressure (log annual and monthly changes; 2...

In both financial and economic theory, debt repayment is most effective when the highest cost debt is tackled first, i.e. pay off the debt t...

The last few months I’ve been forced into reading a lot of analyst reports. While for the most part it’s been worthwhile in terms of gauging...

A little stronger than I thought it would turn out to be, but not too much so (log annual and quarterly saar changes; 2005 prices): Don’...

The March numbers that came out on Monday didn’t show a full picture of health, but did confirm that 1Q2014 growth is going to be pretty dec...

Following on from the 2013 annual reports and quite apart from any benefits that might accrue over the next few years, this is what the ETP ...

Last week’s Monetary Policy Committee statement made very clear that policy tightening of some sort or another is on the way (excerpt; empha...

Yesterday’s trade report was a mix of good and bad (log annual and monthly changes; seasonally adjusted): Export growth was pretty good,...