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Surveys
The Business Conditions Survey was first mounted in the second quarter of 1987 to provide input for the Institute's economic forecasting activity. It is conducted on a quarterly basis to assist in assessing the short-term outlook for the economy..... Read more |
Business Conditions Index
SENTIMENTS EASED
- BCI slides to 92.6 points
- Sales decline
- Unexciting local orders, slight improvement in external orders
- Domestic prices climbing
Consumer Sentiments Index
CONSUMER SENTIMENT GROWS
- CSI climbs to six-year high of 122.9 points
- Current incomes stables
- Employment and financial outlook sanguine
- Inflationary expectations ease
- Shopping plans sit on the bench
Malaysian Economic Outlook
The Malaysian economy is clearly on track to achieve high income and advanced nation status by 2020. Real GDP grew 5.6% in 2012, surpassed consensus forecasts of a little over 5.0% and the Treasury's 2013 Budget forecast of between 4.5 - 5.0%. The 4Q 2012 growth at 6.4% year-on-year was the highest since 2Q 2010. The 2012 growth was driven by continuing strong domestic demand, with impressive annual growth in both private consumption and private and public investment outlays. Net exports of goods and services had meanwhile contracted by almost 30% due to the weaknesses in external demand conditions and generally lower global commodity prices.
Newspaper Articles
Articles are in pdf format and are available for download.
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Hate it or love it, minimum wage is good 21 May 2012 - Quah Boon Huat TheEdge |
| Made In China: Much Ado About Nothing? 7 May 2012 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman TheEdge | |
| What has our grandchildren got to do with corruption? 17 December 2011 - Quah Boon Huat StarBizWeek |
| Another name for Hot Money - QE? 6 July 2011 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman Malaysia Corridor Magazine |
| Is Malaysia de-industrializing for the wrong reasons? 6 July 2011 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman Malaysia Corridor Magazine |
| Rethinking The World Trade Organization (WTO) - A more transparent WTO needed 13 June 2011 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman The Edge |
| Does revitalizing agriculture as a growth engine defy logic? 21 May 2011 - Quah Boon Huat The Star |
| Rethinking Globalisation 11 April 2011 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman The EDGE |
| Inflated Oil Prices - again? 21 March 2011 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman theSun |
| Brain drain = FDI drought 17 August 2010 - Quah Boon Huat The Star |
| Could Malaysia end up bankrupt in 2019? 10 July 2010 - Quah Boon Huat The Star |
| G-economy, back to the future 11 January 2010 - Bashirah Mohd Bashir theSun |
| Blurred Vision? 21 December 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff theSun |
| Why Wealth Does Not Trickle Down 7 December 2009 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman theSun |
| Why GST Is A Must 23 November 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff theSun |
| 2010 Budget Blues 16 November 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff theSun |
| Reigniting/Restarting The Proposed Malaysia-U.S Free Trade Negotiations 11 November 2009 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman theSun |
| IMF In Europe 10 November 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Addressing The Social Impact Of The Crisis 26 October 2009 - Elayne Yee Siew Lin theSun |
| Financial Crisis And Global Energy Investment 13 October 2009 - Dr Foong Kee Kuan theSun |
| Is The Nascent Recovery A Myth? 30 September 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Tough To Revive Household Spending 28 September 2009 - Azidin Wan Abdul Kadir the Sun |
| The Need For Fiscal Reforms 14 September 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff the Sun |
| Time for East Asia to Rethink Its Growth Strategy 10 September 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| The Overblown China Factor 19 August 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| The Bumpy, Winding Road to Recovery 5 August 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| A New Model to Make the Great Leap Forward 3 August 2009 - Quah Boon Huat |
| Potential Threats To Global Trade 22 July 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Is The Worst Over For East Asia 7 July 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Some Lessons of the Global Financial Crisis 6 July 2009 - Dr Foong Kee Kuan |
| Financial Innovations Behind The Global Financial Crisis 18 June 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Optimism in Times of Sluggish Recoveries 15 June 2009 - Shankaran Nambiar |
| Business Media On the Global Financial Crisis 11 June 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Services The Next Growth Engine? 1 June 2009 - Quah Boon Huat |
| Lessons Never Learnt 20 May 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| The Merits of E-Tourism 11 May 2009 - Musalmah Johan |
| Lessons From Europe 6 May 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Deindustrialising For The Wrong Reasons? 20 April 2009 - Quah Boon Huat |
| Liberal Trade Policies, Crucial to Global Economic Recovery 16 April 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Much Hype, Little Substance 8 April 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Fixing the Broken World Economy 31 March 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Effects of Global Financial Crisis 30 March 2009 - Dr Foong Kee Kuan |
| Foreign Exchange Rates Headed In The Wrong Direction 19 March 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Poor Countries Are Hard-hit by The Global Economic Crisis 9 March 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Fiscal Stimulus Is Not A Silver Bullet 19 February 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Why the Current Global Economic Crisis Will Likely Last Longer Than Usual? 10 February 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Malaysia's Economic Stimulus Package: Not Aggressive Enough? 2 February 2009 - Quah Boon Huat |
| East Asia Can Benefit From a Coordinated Foreign Exchange Rate Policy 24 January 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| How Should We Respond To The Injustice Inflicted On The Palestinians? 15 January 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Rekindling The Asian Monetary Fund Idea 7 January 2009 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Inflated Food Prices - Has the Bubble Burst 5 January 2009 - Samirul Ariff bin Othman |
| International Reserves: The More, The Better? 22 December 2008 - Quah Boon Huat |
| East Asia Key To Rebalancing The World Economy 13 December 2008 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Spillovers From The Financial Crisis 9 December 2008 - Dr Shankaran Nambiar |
| Tackling The Global Economic Malaise 4 December 2008 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff New Straits Times |
| Banking Efficiency 24 November 2008 - Dr Foong Kee Kuan |
| Tougher Times Ahead For The US And The World Economy 10 November 2008 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff |
| Fallout from US Meltdown 29 September 2008 - Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff |
| Bracing For A Fallout 11 August 2008 - Shankaran Nambiar |
| Pushing Tourism to The Forefront 28 July 2008 - Elayne Yee |
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MIER Presentations
Corporate Economic Briefing: 16 April 2013
18th Corporate Economic Briefing
Dr Zakariah Abdul Rashid
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