KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to remain resilient and outperform its A-rated peers despite mounting global uncertainties driven by trade tensions, said Moody’s Ratings.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Malaysia’s banking system outlook remains stable this year, supported by steady economic performance and sound fundamentals of banks, said Moody’s Rating.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Credit ratings agency Moody’s Ratings expects Malaysia's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to improve to 4.5 per cent in 2024 from 3.7 per cent in 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkiye will be the largest sovereign issuers in 2023-2024, taking over from Saudi Arabia which accounted for the largest single share of long-term sovereign sukuk issuances over the past six years, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Demand for Syariah-compliant instruments is expected to continue to rise in 2023, supported by strong economic growth amid robust oil prices and ambitious development agendas in core Islamic markets, said Moody’s Investors Service.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — The economic growth outlook for Asia Pacific (Apac) in 2023 is expected to be robust despite global risks, said Moody’s Investors Service.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Bank Negara Malaysia is expected to hike its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.5 per cent this week, its third consecutive rate hike, aiming to help ease the country’s inflation coupled with a robust economic rebound, says Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to lift its Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.25 per cent at its fourth Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) of the year scheduled for this week, according to Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — Moody's Investors Service (Moody’s) said the outlook for global credit conditions this year has turned more negative amidst slower global growth, rising borrowing costs, surging prices for energy and commodities, supply-chain disruption and increased financial market volatility.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Malaysia will be among the economies that will win big from the high commodity prices and will pay less of a price on the inflation side as it exports several times of its domestic production, according to a Moody’s Analytics report.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — The current high inflation will cause significant but temporary credit effects in many countries, as the actions of central banks will help push inflation lower next year, and ease further in 2024 with economic growth recovering towards trend, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report.

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

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — The pace of economic growth across Asia-Pacific (Apac) will stabilise in 2022, supporting a broad normalisation of credit conditions across sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Should the Omicron variant lead to a resurgence of Covid-19 infections, the hardest-hit economies will be those with lower vaccination rates, higher dependence on tourism and lower capacity to offer additional fiscal and monetary policy support to offset the variant’s impact on growth.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Malaysia’s fourth-quarter growth is expected to rebound on the back of a strong export performance, as well as a pick up in private consumption as borders reopen, Moody’s Analytics said.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Asia-Pacific is starting a period of recovery from the wave of the Covid-19 Delta variant, allowing for a resumption of economic recovery across much of the region in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Moody’s Analytics.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — For banks in Asean countries and India, Covid-19 outbreaks triggering strict containment steps will impede economic recovery and erode borrowers' debt repayment capacity, increasing their asset risks, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Malaysia's diverse export destinations and products should help to mitigate the impact of a prolonged national lockdown through the end of June, Moody’s Investors Service said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — A stronger push towards wider vaccination and herd immunity will be key to the domestic recovery and should facilitate an economic rebound as emergence of new Covid-19 variant poses high risk, Moody’s Analytics’ economist Sonia Zhu said.