26 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 7 February 2018. HIGHLIGHTS December 2017 trade Malaysia’s trade surplus narrowed to RM7.3bn in Dec as export growth (+4.7% yoy) eased by a larger margin than
23 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 6 February 2018. HIGHLIGHTS 4Q17 real GDP growth surprised marginally on the upside (5.2% yoy vs. 5.1% yoy in 3Q17), despite weather disruptions. The outperformance was
23 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 1 February 2018. HIGHLIGHTS Headline inflation (3.3% yoy in Jan vs. 3.6% yoy in Dec 2017) and core inflation (2.7% yoy vs. 3.0% yoy in Dec
22 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 1 February 2018. HIGHLIGHTS Direct investments (DI) rose 12.3% yoy to US$13.4bn in 4Q17, led by DDI (+14.0% yoy to US$5.0bn) and FDI (+11.4% yoy to
22 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 19 January 2018. HIGHLIGHTS Bank Indonesia kept the 7-day Reverse Repo Rate at 4.25%, as widely expected. The reserves averaging mechanism will be relaxed in 2H18,
22 March, 2018
By Lim Yee Ping, Economist, CIMB Research and Economics and Michelle Chia, Economist, CIMB Research and Economic
Originally published by CIMB Research and Economics on 19 March 2018. Fiscal impact for maintaining subsidised fuel and electricity prices Government plans to keep current fuel and electricity prices unchanged until end-2019, and raise
