Short-term rates to remain stable

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KUALA LUMPUR: Short-term rates are expected to remain stable this week on Bank Negara’s operations to absorb surplus liquidity from the cash market.

The average Islamic overnight rate stood at 1.7%, while the one-, two- and three-week rates stood at 1.78%, 1.82% and 1.86%, respectively.

The central bank intervened on a daily basis to reduce excess funds from the financial system by conducting a range maturity auction money market tender, conventional money market tenders, Islamic range maturity auction tenders, repo tenders, and reverse repo tenders. — Bernama