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THE dollar was lower by 0.49% to 96.5 over the week as volatilities in the market disrupted the supposedly-jolly season.
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THE dollar was lower by 0.49% to 96.5 over the week as volatilities in the market disrupted the supposedly-jolly season.
Read more...KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC) said local government bonds (govvies) in the secondary market continued to weaken in October, moving in tandem with the fall of the ringgit and the surge in UST' (U.S. Treasuries) yields.
Read more...KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Malaysia’s outstanding government guarantees have increased by 8.5% or RM20.2 billion in six months to RM258.4 billion at end-June 2018, from RM238.2 billion at end-2017, according to the Economic Report 2018/2019.
Read more...This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on October 15, 2018 - October 21, 2018.
Policymakers often justify the high cost of infrastructure investments with the belief that they are supply led, that is, the demand for their usage will increase once the facilities are built. The question now lies in how to finance these infrastructure investments, knowing that it will be a while before the demand or usage ramps up.
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THE US dollar continued its rally, rising 1.1% to 95.3 due to safe haven flows as trade war concerns continued to weigh on investors’ risk appetite after US President Trump announced a clampdown on Chinese investments in US technology firms.
Read more...Looking at the Thomson Reuters BPAM All Bond Index Performance, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as widely expected, acknowledging that inflation is approaching towards its two per cent target.
The Fed also emphasised on its ‘symmetric’ inflation target, suggesting its willingness to allow inflation to run above its target level before any further tightening.
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