BNM: Malaysia 1Q GDP registers smaller on-year decline of 0.5% on domestic demand, export improvement
KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Malaysian economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), registered a decline of 0.
BNM keeps OPR pat at 1.75%; economists expect rate to stay through 2021
KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Bank Negara Malaysia kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) pat at its historic low of 1.
Bank Negara keeps OPR at 1.75%
KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 1.
Malaysia's GDP growth could dip to 4% on MCO 3.0, slow vaccination and Covid-19 resurgence — SERC
KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): The latest movement control order (MCO 3.
BNM appoints Abd Rahman Abu Bakar as assistant governor
KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has appointed Abd Rahman Abu Bakar (pictured) as assistant governor, effective May 1.
Economists no longer expect BNM to cut rate anytime soon
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.
Covid-19: BNM says borrowers can request loan-repayment moratorium, CCRIS report won’t be affected
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.
BNM expected to cut OPR to new low of 1.5% — DBS Group Research
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.
BNM maintains OPR at 1.75% at final monetary policy meeting for 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 1.
Non-financial corporate debt servicing capacity still above prudent level in 1H20
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).
