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Malaysia: Bank Negara may cut OPR at Jan 20 meeting

KUALA LUMPUR: OCBC Bank Research expects Bank Negara to likely reduce the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 1.50% at its Jan 20 monetary policy committee meeting due to the weaker economic outlook. The bank’s global treasury, research and strategy economist Wellian Wiranto said in his latest report that there could be […]

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Vietnam to launch competitive retail electricity market in 2023

The Hanoitimes – Vietnam Electricity will conduct price marketization to encourage investment in electricity industry and follow the State-regulated market mechanism. Vietnam will officially run the competitive retail electricity market in 2023 as part of efforts to make the power sector more transparent and effective in comparison with the regional peers. Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the country’s […]

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Thailand: BoT offers borrowers debt holiday

The Bank of Thailand has extended financial relief measures to individual borrowers until June this year, aiming to ease financial burdens stemming from a new round of the domestic Covid-19 outbreak. Ronadol Numnonda, deputy governor for financial institutions stability, said the central bank has extended and added financial relief measures to both retail and commercial […]

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