KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — RAM Rating Services Bhd has maintained a stable outlook on the Malaysian banking sector in 2025 despite external pressure.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Malaysian banks will likely see moderate profit growth this year, underpinned by steady loan expansion and still-benign loan provisioning expenses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings) has maintained its forecast of Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 4.5 per cent to 5.5 per cent in 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Malaysia’s economic momentum is expected to steadily improve heading into next year, with gross domestic product (GDP) set to grow by 4.5 per cent to 5.5 per cent in 2024 from an estimated 4.0 per cent this year, according to RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Malaysia should be able to pursue higher economic growth going forward if the government can sustain discipline to ease its fiscal constraints, according to RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings) expects Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to remain respectable in 2023 despite a slower growth forecast of 4.3 per cent compared with 8.2 per cent growth projection for 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — RAM Ratings has revised Malaysia’s full-year inflation forecast for 2022 to 3.0 per cent, from 2.5 per cent initially (2021: 2.5 per cent).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings) has maintained its 2021 forecast for Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) at 3.8 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — RAM Ratings has revised its headline inflation projection for 2021 to 3.0 per cent from 2.3 per cent due to higher sustained average Brent crude prices driven by positive sentiment, controlled output by OPEC+ and winter storm disruptions in the United States.

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 11 — Malaysian banks’ earnings are envisaged to improve in 2021 with net interest margin (NIM) recovery, but their profit performance is likely to remain pressured by the still lofty — albeit lower — impairment charges, says RAM Rating Services Bhd (RAM Ratings).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Malaysian banks' earnings are likely to improve in the third and fourth quarters but profit performance may remain subdued amid an economic downturn and uncertain operating landscape, according to RAM Ratings.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — While digital banks are disruptors relative to traditional banks and will intensify competition, their impact will be limited in the next three years, given the regulatory restrictions on their asset size, that is, not more than RM2 billion, said RAM Rating Sdn Bhd (RAM Ratings).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — RAM Ratings expects Malaysia’s overall inflation rate to rise to 1.8 per cent in January 2020 from 1.0 per cent in the preceding month, underpinned by higher transport fuel inflation amid the low-base effects of retail fuel prices.