PETALING JAYA: Bursa Malaysia is maintaining its guidance for a stable financial year 2023( FY

PETALING JAYA: Bursa Malaysia is maintaining its guidance for a stable financial year 2023( FY

CLICK TO ENLARGEPETALING JAYA: Riding on the country’s economic recovery, RAM Rating Services Bhd projects loan growth for this year at between 4.5% and 5%.In January this year, domestic loans growth came in at 4.7% year-on-year( y-o-y), driven by a pick-up in the pace of household loans and stronger momentum for working capital financing. Credit demand saw a strong rebound in the fourth quarter last year as economic activity resumed following the unanticipated lockdown in June 2021. Notwithstan

) gain a staggering 54 per cent in dollar terms, making the national bourse the best-performing

China's economy has started 2024 on a stable footing, indicating a sustained trajectory of robust

2. 5bil Islamic medium-term notes programme with a stable outlook. The rating agency said the affirmed

By asset class, Fixed Income instruments made up 45% of investments, while Equities comprised

( REITs) are expected to remain stable while retail and hotel REITs will recover gradually as the economy

segment, however, remains extremely stable on long-term leases of more than 15 years.“ Retail and

THE outlook for ringgit in 2022 continues to be challenged by a combination of external and internal factors that will strongly influence its movement. One possibility that cannot be ruled out is for the ringgit to remain slightly on the weaker end of its long-term trading range between RM3.80 and RM4.50 against the US dollar next year. Economists generally opine that the full-year average for the ringgit against the US greenback will fall between RM4.20 and RM4.30 in 2022 compared with the esti