PETALING JAYA: As the Covid-19 outbreak cripples large segments of the economy, worry of mass loan defaults – from companies and households – continues to mount.
However, local banks are arguably in a better position to withstand the pressure from this in the months to come given their stronger capital ratios since the 1997/98 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC).
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