Zeti’s recollection of the 1997 financial crisis


  • Economy
  • Friday, 07 Jul 2017

Zeti:

Zeti: Central bank only recommended controls related to speculators

KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty years ago, Malaysia was caught up in the turmoil of a currency crisis that began in Thailand and swept across Asia, battering economies, pushing millions into poverty and forcing governments to seek emergency bailouts.

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