Category Archives: Economics

MySay: Higher-for-longer US interest rates imply lower-for-longer Asian currencies

By Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha The elevenfold increase in interest rates by the Fed caused the US [...]

17
May
China needs to avoid being the next Japan

There was a time in the 1960s when, following many years of very impressive growth, [...]

18
Sep
My Say: Widening distrust of globalisation could herald economic fragmentation

It was the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage that provided the rationale for why nations [...]

28
Feb
Emerging markets can benefit as the West decouples from China

For at least the last two decades, a presence in China was seen by Western [...]

25
Jan
Benarkah kenaikan OPR punca muflis?

Kebelakangan ini Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), sering dikaitkan dengan muflis, namun ianya kurang tepat dan [...]

09
Jan
Lessons learnt and not learnt from the Asian Financial Crisis

Exactly 25 years ago last month, East Asia went through its worst financial crisis. Several [...]

04
Aug
Don’t Mess with Monetary Policy

The decision by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on July 6 to increase the overnight policy [...]

18
Jul
MALAYSIA’S OPR HIKES AND INFLATION

Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia’s Central Bank) has increased the policy rate twice in succession this [...]

13
Jul
The trilemma of Affordable Housing; Governments Vision, Developers Offering and Rakyat’s Aspiration

Whenever affordable housing is mentioned, it seems that it is indeed a National Agenda. It [...]

18
Feb
Global imbalances and the dichotomy between Real and Financial Sector Returns

Think Piece By Prof. Dr. Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha Economists divide the macro-economy into two parts [...]

17
Feb