February 2020

Local bond market began 2020 on good footing as foreign investors continued to snap up MGS

Posted Date: February 13, 2020 Local bonds started 2020 on good footing as foreign investors continued to be net buyers for the third month in a row in January. Local bonds posted net foreign inflows of RM3.6 billion (December: RM8.1 billion). This brought the total foreign holdings of local bonds to RM208.2 billion (December: RM204.7 …

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The Malaysian economy: Impact of the coronavirus outbreak

Posted Date: February 7, 2020 The prospects for the global economy look increasingly uncertain with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China. This is not surprising given that the Chinese economy accounts for an estimated one-third of global growth. Compared to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak period in 2003, China’s gross …

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