News about rate

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Malaysia's unemployment rate is projected to decrease to 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 1.

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).

PETALING JAYA (Sept 22): The loan approval rate for residential properties in the first half 2020 (1H2020) stood at 34.

The Covid-19 outbreak has changed the game rules, and the conventional labour intensive way might not be feasible in the future.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): Government’s role is crucial in supporting the rollout of new construction technologies in the country and regulation is also important for the industry players to adapt to new building methods, said Hong Kong-based Ho & Partners Architects (HPA) executive chairman Nicholas Lik Chi Ho.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): AMMB Holdings Bhd’s chief executive officer Datuk Sulaiman Mohd Tahir foresees another overnight policy rate (OPR) cut in the near term.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The unemployment rate in 2020 may range from 4% to 4.