KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Moody's Investors Service has maintained its stable outlook on 13 Asia-Pacific (Apac) banking systems, including Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Malaysia’s outlook is tentatively optimistic as the domestic economy has largely reopened and restrictions are unlikely to be reinstated despite the Omicron wave, Moody’s Analytics said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — The post-pandemic outlook for the palm oil industry in Malaysia remains bright, backed by the balanced supply and demand as well as expected recovery from labour shortages next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — The residential property market in the country will continue to “self-correct” amid challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, said consultancy firm Knight Frank Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The ringgit fell further versus the US dollar on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level in seven months following a negative evaluation of the country's outlook by rating agency S&P.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) remains focused on the portfolio diversification and value creation areas, as well as further accelerates its digital transformation plan to provide value to its unitholders.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings) believes that Malaysian banks will remain resilient despite the pandemic-ravaged economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Malaysia's economy is expected to recover for the remainder of 2021, with inflation and the current account balance normalising over the medium term.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — In the short term, it appears that the worst is over for the oil and gas (O&G) industry after a catastrophic 2020 due to a combination of a supply shock, an unprecedented drop in demand for the commodity and a global humanitarian crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Malaysia’s economy has the capacity to create about 70,000 jobs for every one per cent increase in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — After an eventful 2020 which pushes the global economy towards recession, including Malaysia, the after-effects are expected to be shallow this year as the economy makes a come back.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its outlook for the airline industry, saying that deep losses will continue into 2021, even though performance is expected to improve over the period of the forecast.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — Malaysia’s property market is still dealing with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020), said property site, PropertyGuru Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — CGS-CIMB Securities International Pte Ltd’s (CGS-CIMB) bearish outlook for the petrochemical sector in medium-term has been postponed by a string of supply-side issues in Asia and the United States (US).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) expects the country’s economy to continue its recovery trend based on the smoothed growth rate of leading index (LI), a predictive tool to anticipate upturns and downturns in the economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — While Covid-19 has caused the oil and gas (O&G) sector to face a a sharp downturn, the outlook overview for the industry remains intact.