News about BNM

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus has been appointed as the new governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Muhammad Ibrahim is expected to resign and former BNM deputy governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus is a likely replacement, according to sources.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) declined to comment on strong market talk that governor Tan Sri Muhammad Ibrahim (pictured) has submitted his resignation.

PUTRAJAYA (June 5): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will discuss with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) on relaxing current lending guidelines to enable more homebuyers from the B40 and M40 groups to secure housing loan.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said yesterday the definition of affordable houses quoted by the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) as being in the price range of RM300,000 to RM500,000 is inaccurate.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) (pictured) RM2 billion land purchase from the government doubled its land assets last year, its 2017 annual report show.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Several economists have kept their end-2018 overnight policy rate (OPR) forecast unchanged at 3.

PETALING JAYA (March 28): Loans for the purchase of residential properties remain the largest component of household debt, representing 52% of total household loans, according to Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) “Financial Stability and Payment Systems Report 2017” released today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9): The formation of just a single agency tasked with the distribution of affordable houses can facilitate the monitoring of their supply and demand, said National Institute of Valuation (Inspen) Director Mohd Khairudin Abd Halim.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) (pictured) has maintained the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3.