KUALA LUMPUR: The negative sentiment among Malaysian businesses is possibly bottoming out, according to the latest RAM Business Confidence Index (RAM BCI). The rating agency said on Wednesday the Corporate Index finally bucked the downtrend of the last few quarters to rise 3.2 points to 56.4 while the SME Index rose for the second consecutive […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Analysts remain conservative over Malaysia’s economic growth this year, as renewed Middle East geopolitical tensions have eclipsed the United States (US)-China trade deal optimism. RHB Investment Bank Bhd head of ASEAN economics research Peck Boon Soon said although the trade fiasco between the US and China has come to a halt […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA’S new draft economic blueprint needs a rethink to make a breakthrough, a Malaysian academic has suggested, as a lack of clarity of its objectives could reduce the impact of this statement. In a paper published by Singapore’s ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute on Monday, Lee Hwok Aun, senior fellow with the Malaysia Studies Programme at the […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Public Works and Transport has asked a Malaysian firm to consider investing in local infrastructure, a sector considered critical to advance the Kingdom’s economic growth. In a meeting last week, Minister of Transport Sun Chanthol asked representatives of Malaysia-based Rafulin Holdings Sdn Bhd to consider investments in Cambodia’s infrastructure development. Mr Chanthol […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA (Bernama) – About 74 per cent of business leaders in Malaysia are “cautiously proactive” of their company’s prospects next year. This is despite external concerns such as the United States (US)-China trade war, Brexit and rapid diffusion of new technologies, according to a survey by Monash Malaysia R&D Sdn Bhd (MMR&D). MMR&D chief […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Industrial Production Index of Malaysia grew 0.3% in October as compared with the same month last year, underpinned by an increase in the manufacturing and electricity indices. This marked the slowest rate of expansion since February 2013, when output had fallen 4.4%, and was well below the median growth forecast of 1.6% […]
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