A deeper economic issue than just building more affordable houses
Though it has been more than one year since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is still difficult to absorb the tremendous impact it has done to the country.
ECKL welcomes govt's announcement to move Klang Valley into Phase 2 of NRP; clearer prospects of achieving 4% GDP growth
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar has welcomed the government’s announcement to move Klang Valley into the second phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), pointing out that this move will make the prospects of achieving 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year clearer.
Finance Minister: Malaysia on recovery path supported by reopening of economy
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): The Malaysian economy is now on the path to recovery supported by the reopening of more economic sectors and it is estimated to chart better growth for 2022, said Minister of Finance Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
Political changes not expected to derail current economic policies, recovery plans, vaccination progress — UOB Research
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): The political changes in Malaysia are not expected to derail the current economic policies, recovery plans and vaccination progress, said UOB Research in a report.
Some economists still holding out hope for above 4% full-year GDP growth
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Despite Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) move to slash growth forecast for 2021 to the 3% to 4% range, some economists are still holding out hope for growth to come in above 4% this year.
BNM: Malaysia's 2Q21 GDP grew 16.1% y-o-y
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): The Malaysian economy grew by 16.
Targeted moratorium is best solution for country
KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): When the World Health Organization announced last year that Covid-19 had turned into a pandemic, many countries around the world, including Malaysia decided to impose a lockdown to help control the spread of the virus.
Selangor Sultan asks federal govt to provide more Covid-19 vaccine doses to Selangor, calls current supply unbalanced and unfair
KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): Selangor's Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (pictured) is shocked that the state has only received 615,210 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, and not 2.
PublicInvest predicts another lockdown could shrink GDP by 2.9%
KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): PublicInvest Research said today gross domestic product (GDP) could contract by 2.
Econpile bags RM64.25m piling and foundation works
KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Econpile Holdings Bhd announced that today it has received a piling and foundation works award for a service apartment project along Jalan Raja Chulan for RM64.
