Malaysian economy

Don’t get us wrong. A stronger ringgit is good, as it means greater purchasing power for the people.

iFAST Global Hub.ai is set to invest over RM150 million and will occupy more than 63,000 sqft of office space over five years.

The Malaysian Portfolio fell 2.2% last week, amid weaker broader market sentiment. All the stocks in our portfolio ended lower.

Both the private and public sectors are highly leveraged.

Too often though, discussions on lowering living costs, inevitably, center on helping the lower-income households, the B40.

But these are not ordinary times. Even a hugely expansionary budget will not be out of sync with the rest of the world.

In this issue, and over the next couple of weeks, we will share the many silver linings in the country’s most recently published.

Thailand is likely to recover slowest due to its high exposure to tourism and slow stimulus response to the crisis.

Semiconductor manufacturers in Singapore hope for little factory disruption from the Republic's "circuit-breaker measures", as officials explicitly named semiconductors as an essential business.

Malaysia will be among the beneficiaries if China resumes its consumption of goods and services.