Higher medical insurance premiums have triggered outrage and debate about healthcare costs in Malaysia. The government has ...

Malaysia faces the risk of higher inflationary pressures from imported inflation in the medium term onwards, as such ...

Hence, the sell-off in US and global stocks at the start of this new year. Higher interest rates negatively affect stock ...

A recent research estimated full-year inflation to pick up to 2.8%, driven mainly by changes in government policies such as subsidy rationalisation efforts in the middle of this year.

For 2024, core inflation averaged 2.4%, pulling back sharply from the 4.2% rate seen in 2023. The headline measure came in at 2.7% versus 4.8% in 2023, suggesting that policymakers' efforts to tame ...

By bno - Surabaya bureau Malaysia's central bank opted to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at 3% during its 10th ...

Risks of higher inflation have heightened in 2025, especially for food, healthcare, transport and electricity.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Malaysia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its first policy meeting for ...

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3% – a level unchanged since May 2023. “At the current OPR ...

Malaysia's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday as policymakers expect the economy to sustain growth ...