Interest rates unchanged


Bank Negara says risk to financial system contained as ringgit falls to lowest levels since 1998 crisis

PETALING JAYA: As widely expected, Bank Negara has kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 3% in the face of a weakening ringgit, as the local currency fell for the seventh consecutive day.

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