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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- The "Boao: Where the World Meets, Qionghai: Where Free Trade Thrives" City Exhibition, held at Boao’s Dongyu Island Cultural Park, showcased policies and culture through immersive, sensory experiences enabled by innovative technology and design.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is actively assessing the economic impact of the West Asia conflict as the outbreak could last up to six months, affecting oil supplies and energy prices, said Governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Global fertiliser and ammonia trade could be disrupted as the sale of 15 per cent of global ammonia, and 21 per cent of urea -- a high-nitrogen fertiliser -- is tied to West Asian exporters potentially impacted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Rystad Energy.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session higher in tandem with regional peers amid persistent buying in heavyweight stocks, led by Maybank, CIMB and YTL Power, that continued to lift the barometer index.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia must strengthen the institutions that shape how wages are set between employers and employees to raise incomes and strengthen purchasing power meaningfully.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's banking system total capital ratio remained strong at 18.1 per cent of total risk-weighted assets in December 2025, compared with 18.2 per cent in June 2025, with excess capital buffers amounting to RM139.3 billion from RM138.9 billion previously, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Headline inflation is expected to remain moderate, averaging between 1.5 per cent and 2.5 per cent in 2026 despite greater global commodity price volatility amid the West Asia conflict, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- While the domestic economy was on solid footing in 2025, global developments posed greater downside risks to Malaysia’s growth outlook, prompting Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to make the pre-emptive decision to reduce the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent in July last year.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Profitability of Malaysia’s insurance and takaful sector declined slightly to RM4.6 billion in the second half of 2025 (2H 2025) from RM4.8 billion in the first half of 2025 (1H 2025), despite improved equity investment performance, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s strong economic fundamentals and ongoing domestic structural reforms are expected to provide support to domestic market sentiment amid the highly uncertain global environment.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s banking system is expected to remain resilient even under severe macroeconomic stress scenarios, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) paid the government RM5 billion as dividend in 2025, as compared with RM5.25 billion the year before.