HSBC Group Asian economics research co-head Frederic Neumann expected Bank Negara to raise its overnight policy rate (OPR) by 50 basis points this year, on the back of stronger domestic demand and ...

Separately, Bank Negara said the ringgit performance will continue to be primarily driven by external factors, noting that the narrowing interest rate differentials between Malaysia and the ...

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): Malaysia’s central bank on Thursday kept the benchmark interest ... rate was maintained at 3% following the Monetary Policy Committee’S two-day meeting, Bank Negara ...