News about BNM

KUALA LUMPUR (March 31): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said online retail sales almost doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating rapid growth of the digital economy as a contributor to the country’s growth.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said today that private consumption growth stood at 4.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 31): Unsold properties continue to remain at an elevated level, driven by serviced apartments, small office home office (SOHO) units, and houses priced above RM500,000 in less popular locations, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): Economists no longer expect another rate cut after Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) maintained the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is neither hawkish nor dovish, but it is defensive on the direction of the overnight policy rate (OPR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced today an additional allocation of RM2 billion for the Targeted Relief and Recovery Facility (TRRF) and the establishment of a RM200 million Disaster Relief Facility (DRF) 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) deputy governor Marzunisham Omar said there have been growing concerns that terrorist groups are using the Covid-19 pandemic to advance their propaganda and fundraising efforts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): A passive easing in interest rates in the country will be seen, even without making any changes to the overnight policy rate (OPR), according to Maybank Investment Bank (Maybank IB) chief economist Suhaimi Ilias.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has maintained the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 1.