Economy and Finance

Domestic Policy
The necessity of a low interest rate environment – or why inflation-targeting is unhelpful

The impact of the oil spike was temporary (transitory) as compared to the impact of monetary tightening.
By Jason Loh

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Johor Votes 2022 – rethinking voting

Johoreans should not only consider their local constituency interests, but state and nation also.
By Jason Loh

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Reinventing Sovereign Wealth Fund: Let us be cleverer

There is an important void for Khazanah Nasional to fill in before it can start delivering impact for the nation.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Saving Malaysia 101: Depower money in politics to attract sincere leaders

Regulating money and assets in political financing weaken the greatest enabler of power abuse and corruption—attracting only those sincere enough to serve the public. A fundamental step to put Malaysia on the right track.
By Ameen Kamal

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
EMIR Research response to DNB’s 5G voyage of semantics acrobatics

”Unanswerable” questions to DNB remain unanswered.
By Rais Hussin

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
Will anyone commit to enacting political financing laws?

Decades of failure to enact necessary reforms to meaningfully empower a law on political financing points to the firm strangle that money has on politicians from all sides.
By Ameen Kamal

3 years ago
Economy and Finance
EPF in a low interest rate environment

There’s simply no correlation between higher returns and higher rate of interest at all (when considering investment decisions).
By Jason Loh

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
Malaysian 5G Rollout “Unanswerable” Questions

DNB's inability to answer critical questions exposes its weak propositions.
By Rais Hussin and Margarita Peredaryenko

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
Monetary policy need not be tied to interest rate manipulation

Inflation as “transitory” means dependent on the phasing out of the supply-chain bottlenecks and supply-side shocks.
By Tze Yong Tan

3 years ago
Domestic Policy
Gradual reopening of international borders would be the best way for Malaysia moving forward

Collective action from both government and citizens would minimise the exhaustion of national health resources and economic damages.
By Amanda Yeo

3 years ago

The impact of the oil spike was temporary (transitory) as compared to the impact of monetary tightening.

Johoreans should not only consider their local constituency interests, but state and nation also.

There is an important void for Khazanah Nasional to fill in before it can start delivering impact for the nation.

Regulating money and assets in political financing weaken the greatest enabler of power abuse and corruption—attracting only those sincere enough to serve the public. A fundamental step to put Malaysia on the right track.

”Unanswerable” questions to DNB remain unanswered.

Decades of failure to enact necessary reforms to meaningfully empower a law on political financing points to the firm strangle that money has on politicians from all sides.

There’s simply no correlation between higher returns and higher rate of interest at all (when considering investment decisions).

DNB's inability to answer critical questions exposes its weak propositions.

Inflation as “transitory” means dependent on the phasing out of the supply-chain bottlenecks and supply-side shocks.

Collective action from both government and citizens would minimise the exhaustion of national health resources and economic damages.