KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The ringgit closed lower against the US dollar on Wednesday, trading in a tight range as data points to inflation as the key risk factor for the economic outlook.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The Malaysian economy is expected to grow between 3 per cent and 4 per cent this year, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Malaysia’s e-commerce income surges to RM279.0 billion, a jump of 17.1 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The services sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 recorded RM391 billion in revenue, or negative growth of 8.7 per cent year-on-year, according to the Statistics Department (DOSM) In its Quarterly Services Statistics Q3 2021 report, chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The volume index of wholesale and retail trade in Malaysia fell 11.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd has revised its forecast for Malaysia’s 2021 manufacturing production upwards to 8.5 per cent from 7.0 per cent projected earlier, driven by an expected surge in domestic demand.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The ringgit opened firmer against the US dollar today, galvanised by the better Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) data for September 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The ringgit closed marginally higher against the US dollar today, albeit moving in a tight range.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia’s manufacturing sales grew 11.6 per cent in September 2021 to RM135.3 billion as compared to the same month in 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) Sales value increased by 6.9 per cent against the previous month, driven by the Petroleum,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 2.5 per cent in September 2021, compared to the same month of the previous year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the expansion of IPI was...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The government is confident of achieving its deficit target of 6.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for this year, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) said today it has partnered with a Malaysian unit of Exxon Mobil Corp to jointly explore opportunities in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in a bid to decarbonise the country's upstream industry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The ringgit extended its gains versus the US dollar at the opening today on subdued buying support for the greenback, despite the United States (US)’ better economic data.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at US$116.1 billion as at October 29, 2021.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 — Malaysia’s services producer price index (SPPI) edged up 0.2 per cent to 110.5 in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) as compared to 110.3 in the same quarter of 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) region is expected to grow by six per cent in 2021 and settle at 4.9 per cent in 2022 in anticipation of the unwinding of fiscal and monetary support measures, according to the newly published Apec Regional Trends Analysis (ARTA) report.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar despite better sentiment for the greenback following the latest announcement by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) that it would taper its asset purchase programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The ringgit opened lower on Friday as the US dollar extended gains.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — MIDF Research anticipates that manufacturing activities in Malaysia will strengthen further, bolstered by the recovery in domestic demand and robust trade performance.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 —  Moody's Investors Service has raised its price sensitivity range for crude palm oil (CPO) to between RM2,800 and RM3,200 per tonne from between RM2,200 and RM2,600 per tonne through 2022.