January 2022

Foreign investors returned as net buyers in December

Posted Date: January 26, 2022 The local bond market returned positive in December, offsetting the net foreign outflow in the preceding month. Net foreign inflow into local bonds broadened to RM6.2 billion (Nov: -RM3.6 billion) amid risk-on sentiment and steady global economic recovery. Total foreign holdings jumped to RM256.6 billion (Nov: RM250.4 billion), the highest …

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2022 Bond market outlook: Flattening bias to persist as inflation takes hold

Posted date: January 26, 2022 Concerns are growing across the globe that more supply side issues would push inflation to levels where central banks find uncomfortable and, on top of that, dampen the already fragile economic recovery. As it is, several countries have already seen inflation rise to well above their monetary policy targets. We …

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2022 Economic outlook: Normalisation amid rising downside risks, inflationary pressures and monetary policy dilemma for Malaysia

Posted Date: January 19, 2022 As it stands, we take note of multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) projections suggesting dissipating low-base effects in 2022. We believe that governments will only resort to mild mobility restrictions, if any, to curb the spread of Omicron or subsequent COVID-19 variants considering high vaccination rates globally. As Malaysia’s largest trading …

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