KUALA LUMPUR: Moody’s Analytics expects Bank Negara to pull the trigger on a rate hike in the second half (H2) of next year, as Malaysia’s economic outlook is looking brighter going into 2022.
On Wednesday, Bank Negara retained the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 1.75% at its final Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, making the policy rate unchanged since July 2020.
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