PUTRAJAYA, Oct 9 — The subsidies for chicken breeders and chicken egg producers have been extended from October until December this year, at a rate of RM0.80 per kg for chickens and RM0.08 per egg, said Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — The ringgit is likely to trend weaker against the US dollar next week following the expected stronger United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data release, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Malaysia has a strong potential for robust productivity growth, in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan 2021-2025 (12MP) aspiration towards becoming a high-income nation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) registered a total investment income of RM27.0 billion for the first half of 2022 (H1 2022), a decrease of RM7.06 billion, or 21 per cent, compared to RM34.06 billion in the corresponding period in 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar on Friday as the greenback's safe-haven currency appeal continued to strengthen amid risk-off sentiment in the market, an analyst said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves declined to US$106.1 billion as at Sept 30, 2022, from US$106.3 billion on September 15, 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar this morning following hawkish comments from the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) officials on raising the US interest rate by early 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The ringgit retreated from its gains yesterday to end lower against the US dollar on Thursday amid mixed sentiments in the market as investors continued to seek the safe-haven greenback, a dealer said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The net capital stock (NKS) which represents the wealth of Malaysia’s economy, increased to RM3.28 trillion in 2021 from RM3.22 trillion in 2020, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — The ringgit opened flat against the US dollar this morning amidst better United States (US) ADP non-farm employment data.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Malaysia’s Islamic banking industry is expected to grow between 10 and 12 per cent this year and eight and 10 per cent next year driven by the retail segment, Moody’s Investors Service said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The ringgit continued to appreciate against the US dollar today ahead of the Budget 2023 tabling on Friday (October 7), said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Domestic market conditions have remained orderly with the smooth intermediation of two-way flows in the bond and equity markets despite continued heightened volatility in the financial markets, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said.

SINGAPORE, Oct 5 — Asian issuance of bonds denominated in local currencies have ballooned to their largest in more than a decade as borrowers turn shy of expensive US dollar debt and tap cheaper, liquid markets at home.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The government of Malaysia has been named Top Bond Issuer Overall in the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), according to the Bond Pricing Agency Malaysia Sdn Bhd (BPAM).

JAKARTA, Oct 5 — Indonesia's central bank governor said on Wednesday the cross border payment programme between five Asean countries, namely Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia will be fully connected next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar this morning in tandem with the positive risk sentiment ahead of the upcoming Budget 2023 announcement this Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The ringgit ended higher against the US dollar today on renewed buying interest, said an analyst.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Bursa Malaysia Bhd said it has recently seen an increase in reports of investment scams, with scammers now found to have misused the Bursa Malaysia name and logo, as well as misrepresenting themselves as employees of the exchange.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The export volume index increased 7.7 per cent in August 2022 compared with July, contributed by the rise in miscellaneous manufactured articles (11.9 per cent), machinery and transport equipment (7.9 per cent), as well as mineral fuels (7.8 per cent).