KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — Maybank Research Pte Ltd has reiterated its view that if the momentum of fiscal outperformance sustains into 2025, Malaysia could get one positive rating action from S&P, Moody’s, or Fitch by mid-2026.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — CIMB Investment Bank Bhd (CIMB IB) expects the impact of the Employee Provident Fund’s (EPF) introduction of a third account, which allows for flexible withdrawals, on Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) and Government Investment Issues (GII) demand to be mitigated by strong net contributions, ample onshore liquidity, and government-linked investment company (GLIC) and government-linked company (GLC) repatriation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The outstanding amount of the Malaysian bond market stood at RM2.01 trillion as of December 2023, which increased by 1.01 per cent from RM1.99 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2023, according to the Bond and Sukuk Information Exchange or BIX Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The ringgit ended lower against the US dollar today as the United States (US) non-farm payrolls data rattled the Asian foreign exchange, an analyst said.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — Maybank Investment Bank has revised its 2021 budget deficit forecast for Malaysia to 6.8 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 6.2 per cent previously.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The government's total debt and liability exposures are estimated to be RM1.257 trillion, or 87.3 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as at the end of September 2020, said Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah.