KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a sixth straight meeting to sustain steady growth amid concerns that a global economic slowdown may hurt the nation's exports.
The overnight policy rate remained unchanged at 3.5%, the central bank said in a statement yesterday after its first monetary policy meeting for the year.
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