secretary-general Lim Guan Eng for not focusing on the issue of trade mispricing while Lim was the finance

But to do that, it needs to identify the biggest climate risks. Martin Skancke, the report’s lead author, said the fallout of climate change was still poorly understood for industries other than oil.... “ But in other sectors, it can be hard to assess.” In its report, the expert group that Skancke led singled out the financial industry.... He also said risks remained poorly understood in the transport industry.“ Risk is about the unexpected, ” Skancke said....

BANK Negara has raised the overnight policy rate( OPR) by 25 basis points( bps) to 2% on May 11, marking the start of interest rate normalisation after two years of ultra-monetary accommodation to lift the battered Malaysian economy out from the Covid-19 pandemic.... The supply constraints could take some time to catch up with the recovering consumer-demand.... The views expressed here are the writer’s own....

by Christine EibnerSince the Affordable Care Acts's major requirements took effect in 2014, insurers have had trouble finding their sea legs in the individual health insurance market, which now provides coverage to about 22 million Americans.... As a result, some insurers are exiting the marketplaces, and others have proposed rate increases of 30 percent or more. Rising prices could leave some consumers unable to afford coverage.... Declines in insurer participation could leave people with lim

After announcing the monetary policy resolution, RBI Governor SHAKTIKANTA DAS and Deputy Governors MICHAEL DEBABRATA PATRA, MAYANK JAIN, M RAJESHWAR RAO, and T RABI SANKAR, spoke to the media on issues ranging from the withdrawal of the G-SAP programme to the involvement of Big Tech in banking.... Edited excerpts: What was the reason behind not conducting any more G-SAPs?... So, I would not agree that there is a surprise in what we have done....

WASHINGTON--Last week's jobs report demonstrated the ongoing strength of the U.S. economy and underscored the need for the Federal Reserve to rein in its stimulus efforts, a Fed official said Tuesday.St.... Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said that Friday's report, which showed a healthy gain of 943, 000 jobs last month, means the economy is making sufficient progress to start reducing, or tapering, the Fed's$ 120 billion in monthly bond purchases.... The interview has been

AS equity markets around the world continue to get beaten down, an interesting prospect faces the Malaysian investor. With global benchmarks such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average( DJIA) and SP 500 Indexes trading at forward price-to-earnings( PE) multiples which have come off their record highs, it begs the question of whether Malaysian investors ought to be looking at putting more of their money into overseas markets. ALSO READ: Should GLICs relook foreign investments amid market selldown?..