KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Asean finance ministers today got down to the hard work of putting in place the necessary pre-requisites and initiatives to deepen financial integration more urgently in the light of debilitating tariffs on all member states.

WASHINGTON/LONDON, March 21 — Slowing economic growth mixed with a bout of renewed inflation risks moving the US from global overachiever to a drag on the rest of the world as foreign central banks and others confront the spillovers from President Donald Trump's fast-moving effort to rewire international trade.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — The central banks of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on regional payment connectivity (RPC).

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, June 20 — Moody’s Analytics expects global real gross domestic demand (GDP) growth to decelerate in 2022, as policy support fades, pent-up demand cools, supply-side inflation remains elevated, and interest rate tightening gains pace.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar on lack of buying support, despite a correction in the greenback index or DXY which fell further to 101.367 points after being in an overbought position for some time, an analyst said.