News about Bank Negara Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The Federal Government is not planning to impose any tax on windfall profit, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

  KELANA JAYA (Nov 13): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) should take the initiative to work with the private sector to promote the rent-to-own concept or other alternatives to encourage homeownership without over-stretching the finances of individuals instead of increasing affordable housing supply, said Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC) executive director Lee Heng Guie.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Malaysia's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 7): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com­mission (MACC) has questioned former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Muhammad Ibrahim over the central bank’s RM2bil land purchase from the Finance Ministry in January.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2):  The government has announced several measures in Budget 2019 aimed at raising homeownership among Malaysians.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): Between 2009 and 2016, average house prices have increased by 9.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz said she has no knowledge of the RM2 billion land purchase as it did not take place during her tenure.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Someone in Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) “obviously knows” what happened to the RM2 billion paid by the central bank to purchase a parcel of land from the finance ministry, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), which is under the purview of finance ministry (MoF), has yet to close the chapter on the RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Four Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) officials have been told to go on leave pending investigations into the January purchase of land valued at RM2 billion.