SINGAPORE: Malaysian government bonds will benefit from “second guessing” that interest-rate increases will be delayed as earthquake damage in Japan threatens the global economic recovery, according to RHB Research.
Ringgit-denominated bonds have returned 0.4% to investors this year, according to an HSBC Holdings Plc debt index, with the bulk of the gain having come since a magnitude nine earthquake in Japan on March 11 sparked a regional stocks sell-off.
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