Economics Malaysia

My latest (excerpt): Challenges of a pension system ONE aspect of an ageing society is obvious to everyone – care for the elde...

Today’s the first chance I’ve had to sit down and really think about the budget, past the first impressions we all got on Friday. Overall,...

…but not in the usual way. I’ll be running around like a headless chicken for most of today (apologies to all headless chickens, by the way)...

It’s that time of the year again! I’m not going to comment extensively about the Alternative Budget (you can download it here ), especiall...

I had some input into an article the Malay Mail published last month: Is there really a gap between the official inflation rate and r...

Came across this tweet this morning: The mother of all bubbles. pic.twitter.com/2sQxLySwwX — David Andolfatto (@dandolfa) October 4, 2016 ...

I was on BFM this morning talking about growth in the long run: Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this ...

My latest column in the Star (excerpt): Danger of dip in demand lurks RECENTLY, the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Governm...

I keep meaning to post on this topic, but what with work and all, it’s been on the back burner. In any case, I wrote an article published in...

In a rather unusual move, BNM issued a statement yesterday on the current hot topic of housing (in full, emphasis added): Responsible...

I’ve been meaning to write about this, but life and work kept getting in the way. Makes for a good story, except its almost totally wrong (e...

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