Bank Negara likely to maintain rates

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara will likely leave interest rates unchanged for a 12th time at its policy meeting this week, all 15 economists said in a Reuters poll, pointing to steady economic growth and low inflation.

A separate poll ahead of trade and factory output data for March, also out this week, suggested a bottoming out in exports after the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays the previous month, adding to the picture of recovery.