Bank Negara: Houses in Malaysia remain unaffordable
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Malaysia faces a shortage of affordable houses for the masses, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said today in its quarterly bulletin.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Malaysia faces a shortage of affordable houses for the masses, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said today in its quarterly bulletin.
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): The overnight policy rate (OPR) adjustment reflects a normalisation of key interest rates and is not meant to be a tightening of monetary conditions, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said today.
SIEM REAP (Feb 5): Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) recent acquisition of 22.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): As expected, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 3.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has acquired a 22.
PETALING JAYA (Nov 21): The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry is ready to look into the issue of excessive property stock, especially unsold residential units, with various parties to resolve the problem.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): As the Malaysian economy put its foot on the gas pedal in the third quarter of the year, the strong growth has given the central bank more flexibility to adjust interest rates.
PETALING JAYA (Nov 18): The Cabinet has directed Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) to freeze approvals for four types of developments following a study by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) that raised the alarm on a glut in these buildings.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): Standard Chartered Bank said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to hike the overnight policy rate (OPR) in January 2018, mainly due to the central bank’s “hawkish intent”.
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Bank Negara Malaysia is unlikely to risk raising the overnight policy rate (OPR) too soon as it can affect consumers' debt service capacity, says Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC).