News about Bank Negara Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): In an instant reaction to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s RM15 billion economic stimulus package announcement today, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said loan takers can request repayment moratorium and that their Central Credit Reference Information System report will not be affected at a time when the nation contends with the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): DBS Group Research is predicting Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) by another 25 basis points (bps), which would bring the interest rate to a new low of 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Despite the expected weakening in financial health among non-financial corporates (NFCs) due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the aggregate indicator of the debt- servicing capacity of NFCs has remained above the prudent threshold, reflecting the reasonably healthy financial conditions prior to the pandemic, according to Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) Financial Stability Review for the first half of 2020 (1H20).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Household loan impairments are projected to double, albeit from historically low levels, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its latest Financial Stability Review.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) did not cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) in yesterday's Monetary Committee Meeting (MPC), keeping the rate at 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): A lawyer who was acting on behalf of former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) told the court yesterday that he did not have reason to flag cheques bearing a cumulative amount of RM76.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 17.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has told analysts that upon expiry of the loan repayment moratorium by end-September 2020, banks in the country will not extend the scheme but will continue to offer targeted financial assistance in the form of restructuring and rescheduling (R&R) to borrowers who continue to face repayment issues.