PETALING JAYA: Non-performing loan (NPL) growth for banks in Malaysia could be higher than their loan growth this year as the industry deals with the economic fallout from the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
S&P Global Ratings projects the NPL ratio could peak to between 1.7% and 1.8% of outstanding loans this year compared with 1.5% as of Dec 31,2019.
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