BNM maintains OPR at 3% as growth projection subject to downside risk
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) monetary policy committee (MPC) has at its meeting today decided to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3%.
Economists see no OPR cuts just yet
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is unlikely to cut interest rate when the monetary policy committee meets today.
Finance minister: Household debt down, banks please lend to new homebuyers
PETALING JAYA (June 19): Malaysia’s Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng wants banks to provide greater access to financing to first-time homebuyers, as well as to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) considering the fact that the country’s household debt as a ratio to gross domestic product (GDP) has fallen to 83% in 2018 from 83.
Bank Negara says Aznan Abdul Aziz will be new assistant governor
KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced today Aznan Abdul Aziz's (pictured) appointment as assistant governor effective July 1, 2019.
BNM's international reserves slip 0.49% to US$102.3b as at end-May
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) international reserves slipped RM500 million or 0.
Malaysia does not practise unfair currency practices, says BNM
KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said Malaysia supports free and fair trade, and does not practise unfair currency practices.
OPR reduction a good move to stimulate property market, says consultant
PETALING JAYA (May 7): The reduction of the overnight policy rate (OPR) by Bank Negara Malayisa (BNM) today is a good move to stimulate the economy and the property market, said real estate consultant and CEO of Zerin Properties Previndran Singhe.
BNM cuts OPR to 3%, first revision in over a year
KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has reduced its key interest rate to 3%, marking the first time it has revised the rate in more than a year.
Najib-SRC trial: Two BNM teams raided AmBank Raja Chulan in July 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): There were at least two teams involved in the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) raid on the AmBank branch along Jalan Raja Chulan on July 6, 2015 which acquired information on bank accounts related to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and SRC International Sdn Bhd.
Bank Negara's claim about falling entry-level wages puts employers in 'bad light' — MEF
KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said today that its survey data, on which Bank Negara Malaysia had used in an analysis and concluded wages for fresh graduates across all qualification categories have fallen between 2010-2018, actually showed that the reverse is true.
