By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) declined on Wednesday despite the positive performance of COMEX gold futures, as the market closely monitored the conflict in the Middle East.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to keep the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets tomorrow, according to Standard Chartered Bank.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- International real estate technology group, Juwai IQI expects Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to keep the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) unchanged at 2.75 per cent, choosing stability as Malaysia’s economy continues its strong performance.
PUTRAJAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- Transport and food prices are expected to face the earliest and most visible pressure from the escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, with economists warning that a gradual rise in living costs, as higher oil, logistics, and agricultural input costs filter through the economy.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB) is keeping its baseline forecast for the ringgit to continue to strengthen further against the US dollar, averaging in 2026 to around RM4.00 (2025: RM4.28).
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar on Tuesday, even as risk-off sentiment prevailed amid the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is likely to keep the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets this Thursday, said Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- Asia’s high-income economies, which heavily rely on commodity imports, are particularly vulnerable to the direct economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, according to Moody’s Analytics.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- CIMB Treasury and Markets Research expects Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent at the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on March 5, amid renewed uncertainty over the United States tariff rates.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Credit to the Malaysia’s private non-financial sector grew by 5.5 per cent in January 2026 against 5.4 per cent in December 2025, reflecting a higher growth in outstanding corporate bonds of 7.6 per cent versus the prior month’s 6.9 per cent, according to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s official reserve assets amounted to US$126.87 billion (US$1=RM3.88) as at end-January 2026, as compared to US$125.53 billion as at end-December 2025.
