KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — A new multinational study has revealed that Malaysians are on the whole reasonably satisfied with their e-commerce platforms and providers, but feel more can be done to improve their service. Singapore-based social research agency Blackbox Research and consumer intelligence platform Toluna said the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a spike […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August fell by 1.4% from a year, mainly due to lower transport and fuel prices but food prices continued to increase. The decline was more than a Bloomberg survey of a 1.3% fall in the CPI. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a […]
Read MoreThe current sluggish Malaysian property market could be a “period of opportunity” for buyers and investors, experts and consultants have said. CBRE-WTW group managing director Foo Gee Jen has expressed optimism about the local property market despite the global pandemic and its impact on the economy. “There is a lot of opportunity in the market […]
Read MoreMalaysia is in for a bumpy recovery said DBS economist Irvin Seah in a note on Wednesday. Malaysia’s GDP growth in 2020 is expected to slump to -5.5 per cent, the worst since the Asian Financial Crisis (-7.4 per cent). That being said, with the impending global recovery and the low base this year, GDP […]
Read More[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) fell for the sixth month in a row in August, declining 1.4 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday. The drop was slightly worse than the 1.2 per cent contraction forecast by 10 economists in a Reuters poll. In July, the index had fallen […]
Read More[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Wednesday an additional economic stimulus package worth 10 billion ringgit (S$3.28 billion) in a bid to help industries and citizens badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The programme includes 7 billion ringgit in cash aid, assistance for small businesses and a wage subsidy scheme, Mr Muhyiddin […]
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