By Ammar Shafiq Hamzah
KUCHING, June 18 (Bernama) -- ASEAN member countries should take advantage of the various cooperation opportunities and support offered by regional and international partners to advance the transition to renewable energy.
By K Naveen Prabu
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market closed mixed today amid concerns over global economic stability following the continued escalation in the Middle East.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the government are working on implementing the RESET initiative to address the high medical inflation in Malaysia.
KUCHING, June 16 (Bernama) -- International collaboration is vital for ASEAN to realise a sustainable energy future, as this aspiration requires member states to adopt innovative technologies and strengthen power infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 has been revised to 3.9 per cent, a 0.6 percentage-point downgrade from January 2025’s projection, according to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian rubber market extended its mixed performance at the close today, in tandem with regional rubber futures markets and crude oil prices, a dealer said.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Economic growth across most emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is projected to slow, particularly in trade-dependent regions such as East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and Europe and Central Asia (ECA), and to a lesser degree in South Asia (SAR), according to the World Bank Group.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Global growth is expected to weaken to 2.3 per cent in 2025, with deceleration in most economies relative to last year.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Bernama) -- ASEAN could generate an additional US$300 billion annually in green revenues and unlock up to US$1.5 trillion in new value by 2030 with advancing green investments and cross-border collaboration in regional power grids, carbon markets, and clean energy incentives (US$1=RM4.23).
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- The 20th International Monetary Fund (IMF) Public Debt Management Forum explores and discusses how governments can better navigate the challenges of rising borrowing costs and debt refinancing pressures.
A Commentary By M.Saraswathi
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- The leaders of Southeast Asia’s 10-member grouping have adopted an ambitious new economic strategy that envisions a developed ASEAN as the epicentre of growth in the larger Asia-Pacific region, elevating its stature to emerge as the world’s fourth-largest economy.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production fell by 20.3 per cent to 28,712 tonnes in March 2025 from 36,005 tonnes in February 2025, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
