Economics Malaysia

There’s quite a bit of gloom in the air these last few weeks. The plunge in oil and other commodity prices, capital pulling out of emerging ...

Just a quick note – unfortunately, quick notes appear to be all I have time for these days. The OECD has released a new report on the influe...

I came up with some talking points for a presentation last week, and since so many people have been asking for a comment on the drop in oil ...

I attended the launch yesterday, which included commentary by the authors, led by YBhg Tan Sri Kamal Salih, and a very lengthy panel discuss...

I was going to write about this last week, but it got put on the back burner by the suspension of the fuel subsidy (excerpt): Ringgit...

The Government has had an outbreak of common sense (excerpt): Hasan Malek: No more RON95 petrol, diesel subsidies from Dec 1 P...

I’m still torn. Last week’s GDP report was a little better than I thought, but might just be the best growth we’re going to see for a while ...

I’m torn. Despite all the weak numbers over the past three months, all my forecasting models say real GDP growth will still be above 5%, and...

More or less as expected by just about everyone, yesterday’s MPC meeting has the OPR still on hold at 3.25% (excerpt): Monetary Polic...

The floodgates are opening (excerpt): Full fuel subsidy only for those earning under RM5,000 monthly KUALA LUMPUR: Those who e...

This is even later than my thoughts on the official budget (this was supposed to have been published two days ago), even though Pakatan’s bu...

It’s been a really hectic week, which is the reason I haven’t put down my thoughts on the budget sooner. In one sense, that’s an advantage –...